Association of Research Libraries (ARL®)

The Case for Creating a Scholars Portal to the Web: A White Paper
by Jerry D. Campbell, Chief Information Officer and Dean of University Libraries, University of Southern California
ARL: A Bimonthly Report, no. 211 (August 2000)

Abundance, Attention, and Access: Of Portals and Catalog
by Sarah E. Thomas, University Librarian, Cornell University Library
ARL: A Bimonthly Report, no. 212 (October 2000)

Scholars Portal: Of, By, or For?: or "Being John Malkovitch": Portals, Portals Everywhere
by Brian E. C. Schottlaender, University Librarian, University of California, San Diego
PowerPoint presentation delivered to the ALCTS President's Program June 2001

The New Academic Platform: Beyond Resource Discovery
by Brian E. C. Schottlaender, University Librarian, University of California, San Diego
PowerPoint presentation delivered at the ARL forum Collections & Access for the 21st Century, October 2001

Portal Functionality Provided by ARL Libraries: Results of an ARL Survey
by Karen A. Wetzel and Mary E. Jackson of ARL
ARL: A Bimonthly Report, no. 222 (June 2002): 7–9

Portal Implementations in Research Libraries: An Overview
Presentation from the ARL session at ALA, June 14, 2002, in Atlanta

• Karen Calhoun, Cornell, on EnCompass

• Theresa Lyman, Boston College, on MetaLib

• Sarah Michalak, Utah, on ZPORTAL

• Beth Nicol and Catherine Jannik, Auburn, on open source software

The Advent of Portals
by Mary E. Jackson, Library Journal (Sept. 15, 2002): 36-39.

Forum on Portal Applications
Presentation from the ARL session at ALA, January 9, 2004, in San Diego

• "Interoperability between Information and Learning Environments—Bridging the Gaps: A Joint White Paper on Behalf of the IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Network Information"
  Mary Jackson, ARL, for Cliff Lynch and Neil McLean

• "Libraries and the Enhancement of E-Learning, Report from an OCLC sponsored Task Force"
  Frank Hermes, OCLC, and Pat Albanese, Mt. Holyoke

• "The Library as Partner in E-Learning at the University of Washington"
  Jill McKinstry, University of Washington

Presentation from the ARL session at ALA, January 24, 2003, in Philadelphia

• "Integrating the Scholars Portal & Scholarly Resources into WebCT"
  Michael Whitchurch, Technology Assisted Course Librarian, University of Utah

• "Libraries and Course Management Systems: An MIT Perspective"
  Steven Gass, Associate Director for Public Services, MIT Libraries

NISO Metasearch Strategy Meeting, Standards to Support Metasearching, May 7-8, 2003
Meeting summaries prepared by:

• Kris Maloney, University of Arizona

• Larry Woods, University of Iowa

NISO OpenURL Day, May 13, 2003
Meeting summary prepared by John James

The Current State of Portal Applications in ARL Libraries: Results of a Survey Conducted by the ARL Portal Applications Working Group [PDF]
compiled by Mary E. Jackson, May 2004

ARL Directors Forum on Portal Applications Exploratory Discussion Meeting, January, 2005

Scholars Portal Project