VuFind The library OPAC meets Web 2.0

What is it?

A “Next Generation Catalog” ?

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.

What do we need?

A tool that will help

users discover - not find

known item vs unknown item

VuFind History

• Begun Development : December 2005

• Presented @ Code4Lib : February 2006

• Open Sourced : July 2006

• National Library of Australia : May 2008

• Others begin serious eval : Summer 2008

• Villanova University : August 2008

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

VuFind

Search and Browse for Resources

Find Similar Resources

Make Better Searches

Save and Share

... and learn!

Eliminate the Silos

• Library Website

• Catalog

• Article Search

• Digital Library

• … more

• All with a different interfaceAll with a different interface

Integrate with the ILS

• Authentication via SIP2

• Display Live item status

• Display Holdings data

• Interoperate with major ILS systems

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?

Ugh! … Enough Slides

Demo:

www.vufind.org