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

["Mandy Phillips" <phillipm at edgehill dot ac dot uk>]

Dear Casey,

I'd be very interested in joining. 

We are going live in about 7 weeks and are already having discussion
around the LDAP protocol and how we use it to best effect to link to
WebCT from Millennium, and vice versa. 

Thanks,

Mandy

Mandy Phillips
Edge Hill, Lancashire, England. 

phillipm at edgehill dot ac dot uk 


Casey Bisson 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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