VuFind The library OPAC meets Web 2.0

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VuFind The library OPAC meets Web 2.0
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What is it?

• A Next Generation Catalog ?

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Next Generation Catalog

• Catalog has too many implied references to pigs
  and JCPenny
• A Resource Discovery system implies the
  discovery of resources where as a Catalog
  implies a black leather massage chair on page 57.

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What do we need?

• A tool that will help
• users discover - not find
• known item vs unknown item

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VuFind History

• Begun Development December 2005
• Presented _at_ Code4Lib February 2006
• Open Sourced July 2006
• National Library of Australia May 2008
• Others begin serious eval Summer 2008
• Villanova University August 2008

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User Behavior

• Librarians, Patrons, Researches
• Will use Amazon to find and discover
• Will use Google to find and discover
• Will use del.icio.us to find and discover
• Then they use the library catalog to find out if
  it is available or not at the library

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VuFind

• Search and Browse for Resources
• Find Similar Resources
• Make Better Searches
• Save and Share
• ... and learn!

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Eliminate the Silos

• Library Website
• Catalog
• Article Search
• Digital Library
• more
• All with a different interface

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Integrate with the ILS

• Authentication via SIP2
• Display Live item status
• Display Holdings data
• Interoperate with major ILS systems

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Load Data

• SolrMARC
• A tool to read in MARC data and map to a Solr
  Index
• code.google.com/p/solrmarc/
• OAI Import
• Z39.50 Import?

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Ugh! Enough Slides

• Demo
• www.vufind.org