MyLibrary Revisited

[peterson, glenn]

Hennepin County (Public) Library has taken a baby step in this vein with "My
Reference Tools", which allows patrons to create a custom list from the
subscription databases we offer. The application runs under Cold Fusion by
Allaire. You can see it at

http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/search/reference.cfm

and click on "Personalize this Page".

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                    Hennepin County Library
Glenn Peterson                gpeterson at hclib.org
Internet Librarian            http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us
12601 Ridgedale Drive         Voice: 612-847-8659
Minnetonka, MN 55305          Fax: 612-847-8642
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>Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:43:16 -0700
>From: "Gary C. Bortel" <gbortel at ocosta.k12.wa.us>
>To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>Subject: MyLibrary Revisited
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>In digging about for information on personalized, customizable, "portal
>pages" developed by libraries for their patrons (e.g. MyLibrary/NCSU, My
>Gateway/UW, MyLibrary/Cornell, etc.), it seems all have been developed
>and hosted by academic institutions. Does anyone know of similar
>projects being developed by and for special, public or school libraries?
>While the source code for NCSU's MyLibrary is now available, it doesn't
>meet all the needs of these other communities. And as Wilfred Drew noted
>earlier, it's not "...based on the Windows NT environment" in which many
>of us work.
>
>Any information would be helpful.
>
>gcb
>
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>Gary C. Bortel
>Librarian
>Ocosta School District
>2580 Montesano St. S.
>Westport, WA 98595
>(360)268-9123