I can't speak officially for the DNER (i.e. usual disclaimer that these are
my own opinions...) but I think the issue of it not being explicitly
mentioned in some of the previous DNER documents lies with the vague
definition of portal. Certainly some recent developments called "portals"
include personalisation features.
The wide scope of "portal" and whether it would include individual user
defined portals within its scope was discussed at a MODELS workshop, and
many of the concepts behind DNER I believe originated from those workshops.
My own definition of "portal" within the DNER (which *is* my own, and may
not reflect the opinions of the DNER team) is that it is a generic term for
a user interface aimed at a particular community geared towards bringing
together information from a number of sources for that community.
So a subject gateway is a form of portal aimed at a community defined by the
practitioners of that subject.
A clump (virtual union catalogue) is another portal aimed at users of the
libraries concerned
A web page bring information such as reading lists, lecture times, and links
to external datasources such as libraries, journal databases etc. for a 2nd
year undergraduate course put together by the tutor for that course is yet
another form of portal aimed at 2nd year undergraduates taking that course
A bookmark list under Netscape is yet another portal aimed at that user, and
a personalisable web site is a portal along the same lines but somewhat
richer in content and functionality.
and so on.
The DNER is clearly more interested in innovative forms of portals (rather
than creating netscape bookmark files!!) hence I presume the interest in
personalisation.
Matthew Dovey
R&D Manager
Oxford University Libraries Automation Service
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Winship [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 04 August 2000 09:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Customisable interfaces in the DNER
>
>
> [In the absence of a lis-dner list I guess this query is
> appropriate here]
>
> The announcement of the projects that have been funded
> following the JISC
> Circular 5/99 request notes:
>
> > The ultimate goal [for the DNER], which will be implemented
> in stages, is
> to provide
> > customisable interfaces for individual users, so that they
> will have easy
> > and quick access to the resources they need most frequently.
>
> I don't recollect hearing of this before and would be
> interested to know
> what is planned since there are tradeoffs between simplicity,
> flexibility
> and complexity as far as users are concerned.
> I assume the subject and personalised interfaces developed in
> projects like
> HyLiFe, Headline and MyLibrary will inform the process.
>
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> Ian Winship
> Learning Resources, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
> City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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