Round table on Discovery Tools: The Experience of the Complutense University Library with Encore.
5th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar: “Find it, Get it, Use it, Store it”. Lisboa. 2010
� Users want library catalogs:◦ Easy to use
◦ Easy to find
◦ Just a single site to search
◦ Smart and relevant reponses
◦ Direct access to full text
� Libraries are changing to new discovey tools◦ Integrating search & delivery.
◦ Integrating resources and semantic.
� Encore is installed in a standalone server.
� Fully integrated with Millennium (both use JAVA), but is compatible with different ILS.
� Encore communicate with Millennium through AJAX and web-based technology.
� An Innovative team provide:◦ Installation of Encore
◦ Technical support
◦ System maintenance
� Institutions acquiring Encore don’t intervene in its configuration, only in:◦ Shutting down and restarting the application
◦ Administrating community tags
◦ Administrating patrons that can promote relevance
� Until now, the Library has little room for customization.
� Encore is a unique platform for local collections
and journal articles.
� The goal is one search for everything.
� User can see in real time relevant results from
local collections and journal articles, but they’re
not interfiled.
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