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 How is SharePoint used in Libraries? [ABSTRACT]
Wednesday, 4th August 2010
By
Lorette S. J. Weldon
Abstract:
SharePoint offers librarians the ability to program without coding. In other words, to customise a site... provided they can find the time! Lorette Weldon outlines the possibilities for librarians and, using the results of a survey, looks at integrating SharePoint with library management systems.
Article:
SharePoint offers librarians the ability to program without coding. In other words, to customise a site... provided they can find the time! Lorette Weldon outlines the possibilities for librarians and, using the results of a survey, looks at integrating SharePoint with library management systems.
What's inside
To use SharePoint for collaborating, capturing and organising ‘corporate' knowledge (activities, ideas and documents), librarians need to understand how to program SharePoint without coding ie how to become a ‘customiser' The survey found out that SharePoint was usually bought by senior management and configured by the IT department. The problem with this implementation was that the web parts used were designed by the IT department from senior management's understanding of what SharePoint can do, without talking to the actual users (librarians and other staff).
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By Lorette S. J. Weldon
Lorette Weldon has had over 15 years of experience being a certified IT Librarian (Master's of Library Science (MLS) and BS (Information Systems Management)). She is currently a researcher and instructor in methods of working smarter for business professionals in the private, public, non-profit and government sectors. She has spoken at conferences and has written books and articles about how SharePoint and Google can help with library management. She is the author of "SharePoint Without Coding: My Notes for Embedding the Librarian" which is based on a 2-year study in the corporate sector. She is also the co-author of "Practices for Government Libraries 2010: The New Face of Value" published by Lexis-Nexis at http://micurl.com/tGtwFA and Book Editor of " The Park Memory Challenge: A Method to Stay Mentally Sharp" which is available through Amazon.
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