eXtensible Catalog XC Project

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eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project

• Funding Agency
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Principal Investigators
• Ron Dow, Dean of River Campus Libraries
• Jennifer Bowen, Catalog Department Head
• Nancy Foster, Lead Anthropologist
• David Lindahl, Director of Digital Library
  Initiatives

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What is XC?

• Alternative way to reveal library collections to
  users
• Open-source
• Faceted search interface
• Platform for local development
• Handles multiple metadata schemas
• Digital repository

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What is XC?
eXtensible Catalog

• Platform
• Metadata formats
• Digital objects
• API
• Web services
• Talks to your ILS

• User Application
• Web user interface
• Customizable
• Search interface w/faceted browsing
• Web 2.0 features

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What is XC (Phase 1)?

• Funding Agency Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Program Scholarly Communications
• Duration 1 year
• Goal Develop a well-informed project plan with
  sufficient detail to enable us to build the XC
  system in phase 2

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Building an XC community

• A Community of interest
• Partner categories
• Implementation partners
• Advisory partners
• Component partners
• User study partners

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Demo of C4 Prototype
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Why build XC?

• Existing systems are outdated
• Users have trouble accessing library resources
  across multiple silos
• Need an affordable solution
• Track record of successful UR developments
• Exciting developments elsewhere too
• What if we coordinated our efforts?

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Questions?