www.bibliotek.kk.dk

CITY OF COPENHAGENThe Culture and Leisure AdministrationLibraries/Division of Library Development

Open Source in a metropolitan Library

presented byJoan Larsen and Bente Jensen

Copenhagen Public Libraries

The largest library system in Scandinavia 1 main library 19 library branches www.bibliotek.kk.dk – the 21. library

branch is visited by more than 6,000 people a day

Blågården

Husum

Østerbro

The result was:

Inconsistent navigation No site search A fatal lack of validation Impossible to offer any central support

Solution:A Content Management System

Key requirements

Totally decentralized maintenance A system that would let us make any

changes ourselves

Solution:An Open Source system

Plone and Headnet

Danish Centre for Accessibility

Key features of Plone

Licensed under General Public License Built in Zope Using Python Generates 100% valid xhtml 1.0 Generates fully qualified URLs Platform independent open source editor

If you can do it in HTMLYou can do it in Plone

bibliotek.kk.dk

3 branch folders

Portal workflow

165 local users with access to their own branch site

4 administrators have access to all folders

2 Global managers have access to the Zope Management Interface (ZMI)

Pending publication (request) 3-month auto revision notification

bibliotek.kk.dk - news

The branch folder

Editing the branch folder

bibliotek.kk.dk - event

The branch folder

Events overview

Library Directory

Same content – different look

Editing Plone

Editing the branch folder

Tip-a-friend/ HTML mail

Add a commentary (optional)

RSS feeds –easy in Plone

Monthly newsletter Service news New answers to FAQ

Blogs

Blog tools with Copenhagen Public Libraries logo New music New foreign books Biblog – Library and it Internet search Library 2.0 DK Brønshøj branch library The patients’ library – Hvidovre hospital KKB on tour

Our recent developments include:

Extended RSS possibilities RSS feed based on a search string

Expansion of the event archetype single-day or multi-day event locations other than the branches

Automatic export of event information to a site listing all cultural events in Denmark

New sitesearch: Livesearch

Next

E-learning - Eduplone

Translation - LinguaPlone

Under consideration: CompositePack MapLocation Plone Google Sitemaps TagCloud

Advantages of Plone and Open Source

Open Source and Plone is low cost software

No manufacturer dependence Our site can change as fast as the world

around us Large numbers of developers ensure the

security

From spaghetti to Sushi

Before 2002 All resources were manually made from scratch Some resources had a finite life span and had to

be removed manually Manual management of broken links etc. Content delivery lacked workflow Few colleagues were able to contribute

From spagetti to Sushi

After 2002 Strong workflow model Open Source, so the price was right Use what you need rather than buy unused

features Don’t pay for software licenses, pay for

development

Looking ahead

Looking for at long term relationship?