Applications
The Libraries’ IT Division supports the following applications and systems:
| Applications & Systems | Description | URL | Platform/Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archival Description Management System | Tools for describing, managing, and providing access to OSUL's archival collections | Archivists Toolkit | |
| Buckeye Stroll | Mobile app with a map view of more than 60 sites of interest on campus. Each stop on the tour offers several historical photographs from the OSUL's photo archives | http://library.osu.edu/buckeye-stroll/ | Custom/PHP |
| BuckeyeSensor | Pilot project to detect via environmental systems whether a study room is empty and reservable in Thompson Library | Custom/Ruby | |
| Carmen Library Link | Developed in partnership with ODEE, librarians associate librarian-prepared subject guides with Carmen courses, so that students can access relevant materials from within their Carmen course | http://library.osu.edu/carmenlibrarylink | Custom/Ruby |
| cartoons.osu.edu | Website for the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum | https://cartoons.osu.edu/ | WordPress |
| Collection Finding Aids | An output of the Archival Description Management System; describes OSUL archival materials so that patrons can locate and request items | Custom/PHP | |
| Connexion | Provides an admin interface to OCLC cataloging with an extensive feature set for catalogers | OCLC | |
| Digital Archives of Literacy Narratives (DALN) | Publicly available archive of personal literacy narratives in a variety of formats (text, video, audio) that provide a historical record of the literacy practices and values of contributors, as those practices and values change. Jointly directed by faculty from Ohio State and Georgia State University | http://daln.osu.edu/ | DSpace |
| Digital Exhibits | Comparable to physical exhibits, curators select a thematic collection of digital objects as scholarship and engagement | http://library.osu.edu/innovation-projects/omeka/ | Omeka |
| Document Registry | Hosts internal staff documentation such as policies, minutes, and quarterly reports | https://library.osu.edu/document-registry | Custom/Ruby |
| ILLiad | Interlibrary Loan | OCLC hosted | |
| Image Collections | Provides patron access to digital images from OSUL's Special Collections, as the first phase of a large-scale initiative to build a digital library that enables long-term stewardship of OSUL digital assets | https://library.osu.edu/ims | Fedora/Hydra |
| Information Literacy Toolkit | Provides a place for sharing tools, resources, insights and discussions on how to enhance teaching of information literacy on campus | https://library.osu.edu/toolkit | Custom/PHP |
| Integrated Library System | Library workflow and resource management system: a searchable database of over 8 million OSUL-owned items with a public interface for patron requests and an administrator interface to support the Libraries' acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, and other business functions (also referred to as the library catalog or Sierra) | https://library.ohio-state.edu/ | Innovative Sierra |
| InUse | Detects availability of public computers in Thompson Library | http://library.osu.edu/inuse | Custom/Ruby |
| Knowledge Bank | Ohio State's initiative to collect and disseminate the born-digital and digitized artifacts of academic value to the University into an institutional repository | https://kb.osu.edu/ | DSpace |
| Library Blogs | 40+ blogs maintained by OSUL staff, faculty, and programs | https://library.osu.edu/blogs/ | WordPress |
| Library Hours Database | OSUL staff maintain information about locations and open/closed hours. Data is delivered via API to library.osu.edu and The Ohio State App | https://library.osu.edu/hours | Custom/Ruby |
| library.osu.edu | Flagship website of the University Libraries | https://library.osu.edu/ | Silverstripe |
| Literary Map of Africa | A bio-bibliographical database, designed to be a comprehensive research and information tool on African literature. Funded by a 2006 Carnegie-Whitney grant of the American Library Association | http://library.osu.edu/literary-map-of-africa/ | Custom/Ruby |
| net.TUTOR | Collection of tutorials, games, activities, and resources to improve the online research skills of students | http://liblearn.osu.edu/ | HTML/Hot Potato |
| Off Campus Sign-In | Provides authentication for usage of purchased electronic databases and other materials to Ohio State students and employees who are not on the Ohio State network | http://library.osu.edu/account/off-campus-sign-in/ | EZProxy |
| Online Journal Publishing | A journal management and publishing system developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research | http://library.osu.edu/ojs | Open Journal System (OJS) |
| Patron Data Load into Catalog | Internal process for regularly loading employees and students as patrons into the library catalog so they can check out materials | Custom/Ruby, Custom/Groovy | |
| Research Commons Website | Website for the Libraries' Research Commons | https://library.osu.edu/researchcommons | WordPress |
| Room Rental Agreement | Processes student organizations' requests to reserve room; emails agreements that students "sign" online | https://library.osu.edu/rental-agreement/ | Custom/Ruby |
| Room Reservation System | Allows patrons to request the reservation of available study rooms at multiple OSUL locations | https://library.osu.edu/room-reservation/ | Custom/Ruby |
| Search Box, library.osu.edu | Custom interface that provides the patron an easy way to search across many sources at the same time, as well as the option to narrow search results by source, such as the Ohio State library catalog, articles, reference, OhioLink, and WorldCat@OSU | https://library.osu.edu/ | Custom/PHP |
| Search This Site, library.osu.edu | Federates searching across several OSUL properties, including websites, blogs, image collections, and finding aids | https://library.osu.edu/site-search?q=goat | Google Custom Search |
| Secure Acceptance | Securely processes online payments to the OSUL Business Office. Also used to accept payments for reproductions from various Special Collections departments and Archives. | Cybersource | |
| Service Desk | Service and project management tool used by OSUL IT | Atlassian Jira, Service Desk, Confluence | |
| Services Hub | Custom interface to OSUL IT's ticketing system (Jira) for both IT and non-IT service requests, such as electronic resource access issues, Communications projects, and Facilities issues. | https://library.osu.edu/hub/ | Custom/Ruby |
| Sierra Reporting Dashboard | Internal usage by Sierra administrators for custom reporting through Sierra APIs | Custom/Ruby | |
| Staff Directory | Displays a listing of staff, faculty, and emeriti of the Libraries by department and division | http://library.osu.edu/staffd/ | Custom/Ruby |
| Staff Intranet | Landing page for OSUL staff and faculty with the latest news and links to resources | https://library.osu.edu/osulstaff | WordPress |
| Variations | A streaming audio catalog tool, developed by Indiana University and implemented at OSUL's Music and Dance Library, to host audio for music courses | https://variations.lib.ohio-state.edu/variations-ui-web/ | Variations |
| WorldCat@OSU | Discovery service searches centrally indexed library databases to provide patron access to materials owned by libraries around the world | http://osu.worldcat.org/ | OCLC |
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