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Growing Your Own

Growing Your Own. Next-Gen Catalog:. VuFind @ ZSR. Kevin Gilbertson - Web Services Librarian Jean-Paul Bessou - Systems Librarian Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University. flickr.com/photos/ samcatchesides /3365180679/. Our Approach. Agenda. VuFind.org. Villanova.edu

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Growing Your Own

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  1. Growing Your Own Next-Gen Catalog: VuFind @ ZSR Kevin Gilbertson - Web Services Librarian Jean-Paul Bessou - Systems Librarian Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University flickr.com/photos/samcatchesides/3365180679/

  2. Our Approach

  3. Agenda

  4. VuFind.org • Villanova.edu • Project manager • Demian Katz • Faceted search • Supports multiple • metadata formats • SOLR, PHP, Java • http://vufind.org/

  5. VuFind@ZSR Custom skin Localized facets Pre-processing of MARC records Voyager integration Custom user services http://vufind.zsr.wfu.edu

  6. 1.Why did we want a new catalog?

  7. Many reasons • Separation from ILS • Adoption of open source • Flexibility • Faceted search • Integrated digital resources • More extensible interface • New services • Appeal to sophisticated patrons • Satisfy basic patron needs

  8. Taxonomy of services and features

  9. Recognize needs, encourage change “I have used Endeca and I know what it is capable of. This system is NOT Endeca” --Visiting faculty member “I never understood what all of those links on the page were, I just ignored them” -- Faculty member on faceted browsing “You mean that we can use this link to show books that are located just in the Education Library!?” -- Staff member on persistent facets

  10. Beta, Replace, Compromise

  11. Killer features, problems • Quick open-ended search • Interactive, extensible ‘Web 2.0’ functionality • Cross-device support • Locally customizable • Complex searches, browsing failure • Customizations block upgradability • Local IT resources required

  12. 2.Successes, compromises, next steps

  13. Success: Improved experience “The new catalog lets me find new books and videos easily’ • Solution: Ability to use facets after search, light weight services, content integration • Next steps: Improve quality of facets through pre-processing of records

  14. Compromise: Advanced searching • Solution: Re-introduction of classic catalog for specific services • Next steps: Depends on new release of VuFind. Focus on slowly minimizing need for other system “I want to browse by call numbers or be able to search specific indexes”

  15. Next Steps: Digital collections • Solution: Add resources from multiple locations (catalog, DAMS, OAI) into VuFind • Next steps: Employ multi-record driver and OAI harvesting features in VuFind 1.1, load HathiTrust records directly in VuFind “How do we get our special collections indexed? What about public domain e-books?”

  16. Sustainability • Localize expertise: • Preserve local IT expertise • Focus on best practices • Contribute back to community • Limited customization: • Skinning, indexing, service linking • Develop with focus on integration • with core system • Automate and distribute: • Automate loading, deleting, updating • Develop expertise in IT staff, catalogers and public service • Employ IT service life cycle approach

  17. Want to try it out? • ZSR maintains a current AMI (Amazon Machine Image) for testing, teaching • Register, launch, and load • a free Amazon micro-server • for new EC2 users • http://blog.zsr.wfu.edu/tech/tag/vufind/

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