Re: Integration (XML, Portals, etc) SIG, anybody?

["Alma Creighton" <ALMAC at gwm dot sc dot edu>]

Please put me on the list.
Thanks.
Alma


At 07:09 AM 5/19/2005, you wrote:
>Invitation
>
>If you've ever thought about the following:
>
>web services
>XML interfaces
>single sign-on
>portal or CMS integration
>Blackboard or WebCT integration
>or anything else along these lines...
>
>please consider emailing me regarding your possible interest in
>forming a SIG to work on integration-related efforts. I don't know
>now what this might become, but I'd love to see further discussion of
>these issues and try to find a way for interested people address
>related concerns together.
>
>
>
>Background
>
>The response to the presentation on portal integration that I did
>with my colleague Elaine Allard, and my presentation on XML Server
>applications has been tremendous, and one of the greatest things to
>come of it has been to find so many others that have similar
>interests in building library services that integrate with and add
>value to larger projects.
>
>As a person involved with academic libraries, I often think of ways
>to add library services to academic efforts like our campus portal or
>our learning management system (WebCT), but I've spoken with folks
>from all manner of libraries who've named great integration
>opportunities that they imagine would improve service to their
>patrons. Though the specifics vary, we all seem to share an awareness
>that the library is part of (or could add services to) a larger
>system and we're interested in finding ways to do it.
>
>It's clear that there are a number of us out there, but we've not had
>many opportunities to talk or work together on issues like this and
>I'd like to find a way to change that.
>
>Links to information and followup about the two presentations
>
>XML Server Applications
>< http://www.maisonbisson.com/blog/comments.php?id=10566_0_1_0_C >
>
>Portal Integration: What Works at Plymouth State University
>< http://www.maisonbisson.com/blog/comments.php?id=10579_0_1_0_C >
>
>
>
>Please forward this message to any and all appropriate parties.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Casey Bisson
>__________________________________________
>
>Library Information Technologist
>Plymouth State University
>Plymouth, New Hampshire
>http://oz.plymouth.edu/~cbisson/ 
>ph: 603-535-2256
>
>
>
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Alma Creighton
Head, Library Computing Services
Univ. of South Carolina
Thomas Cooper Library
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