Date:	Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Time:	2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Venue:	Cheung On Tak Lecture Theatre (LT-E), HKUST

The HKUST Library is pleased to offer a public workshop primarily for library systems colleagues to share our experiences in implementing a Next Generation Library Catalog. This search interface is based on Scriblio - an open source software designed as a plugin package for the WordPress blog platform. Our staff has performed extensive modifications to the software, especially to support Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) characters. This experimental catalog features Web/Library 2.0 technology such as tagging, faceted browsing, user comments and RSS feeds. Additional capabilities include real-time local holdings display; full-text linking to e-journals, e-books, and Google Book Search; and incorporation of book jacket images, descriptions and reviews from Amazon.

This workshop is open to all library staff, with priority given to those who have library systems or technical responsibilities. Due to space limitation, places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free of charge.

Program

2:00 - 2:05 pm	Opening Remarks Dr Samson Soong, University Librarian
2:05 - 2:45 pm	Overview: Scriblio and the Next-Generation Library Catalogs [ppt] Mr KT Lam, Head of Systems
2:45 - 3:25 pm	Users' Perspective of Next-Generation Library Catalog [ppt] Mr Kevin Ho, Reference Librarian Miss Catherine Kwok, Electronic Information Librarian
3:25 - 3:50 pm	Tea Break
3:50 - 4:05 pm	Scriblio Installation and Configuration [ppt] Mr Terence Wong, Systems Senior Technician
4:05 - 4:45 pm	Scriblio Customization [ppt] Mr KT Lam, Head of Systems
4:45 - 5:15 pm	Interface Design [ppt] Mr Edward Spodick, Information Technology Manager
5:15 - 5:30 pm	Questions & Answers

Registration

The workshop is full and registration is closed. If you wish to be placed on the wait list, you may send the following information to lbconfer@ust.hk. We will contact you when a space opens up.

• Name
• Position
• Institution
• Telephone
• E-mail

For enquiries, please e-mail lbconfer@ust.hk or call Ms Alice Ho at 2358-6707.

Venue

Cheung On Tak Lecture Theatre (LT-E), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

How to get to HKUST Campus