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This is just a note to say that the MyLibrary Home Page 2.0 now resides at the following URL and the old URL redirects to this new one: http://mylibrary.library.nd.edu/ This is now the canonical page for MyLibrary. It is complete with bunch's o' documentation, sample scripts, descriptive text outlining what MyLibrary is (and is not), mailing list administratativia, links to sample applications and production-level applications, etc. The whole thing lives on top of WordPress. Consider blogging about MyLibrary, good or bad. ;-) FYI, MyLibrary is NOT an application as much as it is digital library framework and toolbox. MyLibrary is about creating *relationships* between the three primary entities of libraries: 1) information resources, 2) librarians, and 3) patrons. It does this through the management of an institution-defined controlled vocabulary of facets and terms. By classifying resources, librarians, and patrons with facet/term combinations MyLibrary can address things like: * As a librarian, my collection includes... * As a patron, my databases are... * People like me also use... * Other resources like this include... * If you use this, then you might like... * As a patron, my librarian is... * As a librarian, my patrons are... * Resources for my class include... Because of they way MyLibrary is built it can support many of the increasingly expected features of Web 2.0. RSS syndication. Integration with a campus-wide portal. What's new? Comments and reviews. Rankings and rating. "My" pages. Recommendations. Tagging. Relevancy ranked searching. Various flavors of XML. OAI. It can gets its content from MARC records, Excel spreadsheets, or the open Web. The goal now is to build a community. Wish us luck. -- Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame