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I have been experimenting with MyLibrary and patrons. The MyLibrary API supports to idea of a patron -- akin to the "patron module" of our ILS's. Using the "patron module" I can get a dump of all the students, faculty, and staff of the University and fill MyLibrary with it classifying the patrons along the way. At the same time I was able to get a list of University classes and who is enrolled in them. Likewise, I dumped this content into MyLibrary. Finally, I "cataloged" MyLibrary information resources using University class headings. Now, since I know what students are taking what class and what classes are associated with what information resources, I can calculate what students should be interested in what information resources. To see this in action, try the following URL: http://mylibrary.library.nd.edu/your-page/ There you will be able to log on as any one of a number of fake University faculty members (Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas Aquinas, etc.) and get a list of: 1. recommended classes based on their discipline 2. recommended resources based on what class they are in 3. books they have checked out The next step will be to apply access control to the system and syndicate the content to various venues across campus. Fun with MyLibrary. -- Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame