Ppt 20120917 vera 092112 ircwash lib for consortium meeting - vera
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Ppt 20120917 vera 092112 ircwash lib for consortium meeting - vera
- 1. The IRC WASH Library The WASH Information Consortium 24th September 2012
- 2. What it is • IRC’s WASH Library – acts as WASH Sector Memory, documenting more than 40 years of sector progress, analysis and tools. – provides direct access to over 15,000 full text WASH sector documents. – The collection is built around current themes of interest of IRC and the WASH sector in general and contains a large collection of ‘grey’ literature. Connecting and empowering people's capacities
- 3. What is offers • Search function – that allows one to search both IRC and non IRC WASH documents and Share one’s favourite search results • E-journals – provide low-cost/free articles • Selected web resources - DBs, Blogs, country profiles, discussion lists, donors, equipment, events, factsheets, Glossaries, Thesauri (collaboration effort) and education materials • Regional and Thematic information • Thesauri in different lauguages (En/Fr/Sp) http://thesaurus.watsan.net/ • A Q&A service Try at http://www.washdoc.info Connecting and empowering people's capacities
- 4. Cont. My Library My library: Tools to provide services adapted to one’s interest & needs. Create, save, share and reuse reference lists; save ones search commands for next time References • Visitors can select titles from the library and add them to a reference lists; they can create and store multiple lists. • This reference list tool - users can select titles from the library database and export this to RTF format for inclusion in papers or publications, using the Harvard reference format Search • Visitors can save & store a search query and share one’s favourite search results • The results are also available as an RSS-feed, allowing visitors to create personalised news updates and use an email alert service when new publications are added on one’s topics of interest. Connecting and empowering people's capacities
- 5. Benefits of the WASH library • freely accessible on the web • Access to grey information of the sector • facilitates creation of partnership & networking • Promotes Institutional Research outputs • Strives to preserves digital materials for the long term by creating backups • Leads to other IRC info services thru the library – General WASH news and updates Connecting and empowering people's capacities
- 6. How it is structured • We use an inhouse numeric classification system in the library How data can be exploited for external use: • We have an extension for eZ Publish - other eZ Publish websites can use this plugin to search in the database, also with a pre-selected filter. • We have a REST API - developers can easily create software to search in the database and show individual titles. (this is being further developed, to provide information in the Dublin-core format) • Use the reference list tool • Use the stored search tool, users can create a search query and keep updated on new items • Thematic newsfeeds, users can indicate the themes and regions of their choice, and receive regular email message with news, including new titles in the library. Connecting and empowering people's capacities
- 7. Outreach and Promotional efforts of the WASH library Outreach: • Our library is a global resource that is used widely by academics, practioners and people working with policy issues within the sector Promotional efforts: – Collaboration – current development with Akvopedia and KnowledgePoint – Interlinking – linking to our blogs and news services E-Source – Together with DANS - expanding to storing, sharing data and facilitating this with orgainsations in the countries we work – add to IRC outgoing email a link to the library Connecting and empowering people's capacities
- 8. Challenges • Funding • Preservation of information • Changing technology in terms of new media & making services relevant to the google age • Administration – Uploading and maintenance of resources Connecting and empowering people's capacities
- 9. Wayforward • Expand services thru collaboration with others • Promote open access open data • Knowledge management/ content management • Archiving and preservation • Looking for innovative business models Connecting and empowering people's capacities
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- IRC provides a variety of information and documentation services related to water supply and sanitation in developing countries.With more than 40 years of experience in information and knowledge sharing within the WASH sector, IRC has built an online WASH Library that acts as WASH Sector memory documenting more than 40 years of sector progress, analysis and tools. The library provides direct access via the internet to a still increasing number of WASH sector documents. The collection is built around current themes of interest for the WASH sector and also contains documents produced outside the formal channels of publication and distribution.Other informations services that IRC offers include:E-Source website with WASH news and features Field stories and contest as part of learning and sharingWebinars as part of sharing etc.
- My LibrarySince Nov/Dec. 2010, the library website (www.washdoc.info) is separate from the IRC website. It already had search functions for the library database, including searching by country, and links to thematic searches on some websites. MyLibrary provides features to make the library more useful, based on personal needs
- What is it?Visitors can select titles from the library and add them to a reference lists; they can create and store multiple lists. Why?Creating such a list is helpful in preparing a reference list for papers, publications, etc,, as they can be exported to Word in a standard reference format. Reference lists can also be shared with other persons.Search :SearchesWhat is it?Visitors can store a search query (the words used for a search)Why?Storing a search query can help to find new publications on a topic of interest, and they can also be used to show an alway up-to-date list of relevant documents on any project/programme/partner site, providing additional value to IRC's regional and thematic work. The results are also availabe as an RSS-feed, providing additional tools to make it easier for visitors to keep updated using news reader or an email alert service
- We use an inhouse numeric classification system in the library – this will change as we intend to use the thesaurus as the basis.‘Also we have a REST API, which means that other developers can relatively easily create software to search in the database and show individual titles. This is currently further being developed, and will soon provide information in the Dublin-core formatWe have the reference list tool, users can select titles from the library database and export this to RTF format for inclusion in papers or publications, using the Harvard reference formatThere is also the stored search tool, users can create a search query and keep updated on new items for that search, either by revisiting the site using the provided link, or using an RSS feed (read in email program, feed reader or import in website)Finally, we have thematic newsfeeds, users can indicated the themes and regions of their choice, and receive regular email message with news, including new titles in the library.
- Information specialists have had to learn how to do a lot with just a little in order to promote awareness of their programs and services. They have seized the opportunities to market libraries in the real world via traditional media: newspapers, corporate newsletters, radio, and TV. Many libraries produce brochures, pathfinders, and their own newsletters. So it is no surprise to see librarians stepping up to the plate and spreading the word online with blogs. Savvy librarians have identified blogs as another means to market libraries and their services.
- The purpose of preservation is to ensure protection of information of enduring value for access by present and future generations (Conway, 1990: 206). Libraries have served as the central institutional focus for preservation, and include preservation as one of their core functions. In recent decades, many major libraries and archives have established formal preservation programs for traditional materials which include regular allocation of resources for preservation, preventive measures to arrest deterioration of materials, remedial measures to restore the usability of selected materials, and the incorporation of preservation needs and requirements into overall program planning.
- DL is added to expand the repertoire of the Pre-existing library services or complementary to existing one. It is also creating new services for a new orchanging market. DL has seamless provision of services that are responsive to the needs and interests of the communities served.2. Digital libraries offer the improved access to govt. policies, plans, procedures, rules and regulations so that the general people of the country can access important information on their desktop. It fulfills the needs of right to information act. E-governance also helps to manage various activities related to Government and peoples.3. Digital library has wider prospective working towards manage and access of work practices, internal information assets and intellectual assets which are toimprove the creativity of the persons, sharing of knowledge and to achieve the objectives of an organization.5. It can provide consultancy services and advertising facility for the creation of revenue.