XC Project Overview

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XC Project Overview

• What is XC?
• XC Project Overview
• XC Partners
• Our vision for XC
• Demonstration of C4 prototype

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What is XC?

• Alternative way to reveal library collections to
  users
• Integrate library content into other systems
• Open source, collaborative

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What is XC?

• User interface faceting, Web 2.0
• Web services interface for local development
• Handle multiple metadata schemas
• Informed by user research

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XC System Diagram
Metadata Services Hub
XC User Interface Platforms
XC User Interfaces
Sources for existing library metadata
Out of the box XC user Interface
XC-schema metadata delivered to client platforms
Metadata Cache Temporary storage of packages of
metadata along with sources
XC Cataloging User Interface
Drupal
Institutional repository
XC Administration User Interface
User and staff generated metadata delivered to
the MSH
Blackboard
Library resources organized by course
ILS
Sakai
Library resources organized by course
Other metadata repository
Normalization Terminology Relationships Transforms
Homegrown
Homegrown (PHP or Java)
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XC (Phase 1)2006-2007

• Funding
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Scholarly Communications
• Duration 1 year
• Develop a project plan

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XC (Phase 2)2007-2009

• With XC Partner Institutions
• Build and deploy XC software
• Conduct user research
• Develop a governance plan
• Now seeking funding

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XC Partner Categories

• Implementation partners
• Advisory partners
• Component partners
• User research partners

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XC Implementation Partners

• Notre Dame University (Aleph)
• CARLI - Consortium of Academic and Research
  Libraries in Illinois (Voyager)
• Rochester Institute of Technology (III)
• Georgia PINES (Evergreen)

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XC Advisory Board

• Andrew Pace (North Carolina State University)
• Karen Calhoun (OCLC)
• Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress)
• John Blyberg (Darien CT Public Library)

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Component Partners

• Cornell (Metadata Services)
• University at Buffalo
• Others?

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User Research Partners

• Yale University
• Cornell University
• Ohio State University

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Our Vision for XC

• Address the needs of many libraries
• Flexible, extensible software
• Use XC as is or build on top of it

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• More information on XC
• www.extensiblecatalog.info
• Jennifer Bowen
• jbowen_at_library.rochester.edu

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• Demonstration of C4 Prototype