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Presented by Frances McNamara, Director, Integrated Library Systems and Administrative and Desktop Systems at the University of Chicago. Presentation given on the University of Chicago VuFind discovery layer implementation at the Kuali Days UK conference, 29 October 2013. The session focused on discovery layer choices – software-as-a-service, open source or community source – of three libraries that are actively planning integration with Kuali OLE, including perspectives from the University of Chicago, Indiana University and the University of London and featured specific use cases for OLE discovery layer implementations at their institutions and what influenced their choices.
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Discovery Layer for Kuali OLE
Vufind at University of Chicago
Frances McNamaraDirector Integrated Library Systems and Administrative and Desktop Systems University of Chicago Library
Multiple Discovery Interfaces
Horizon Information Portal
LENS Aquabrowser
Articles Plus (Ebsco Discovery Service)
April 2012 Catalog Interface investigation
Current Situation
Library website
LENS
LENS Full Bib
HIP
Author Browse
User Stories
Disagreement: Discovery Tool vs. Shelf list
Topic casting a wide net, open and external content
Known item Faculty mostly (not all) as shelf list; precision, browsing specific areas
Catalog Investigation 2012
Call number browse
Export options, retrieval and bibliographies
Format refinements
Current Functions
Availability on results lists, custom result displays
Impact metrics
Related works
Open content
Visual design
Desired Functions
Done separately
Vufind/Blacklight
PHP vs. Ruby on Rails expertise
Evaluation of existing and planned features, browse indexes already in Vufind
Technical Evaluation
Highly customized version of Vufind
Jan. 2014 GO LIVE against Horizon
July 2014 Go LIVE against Kuali OLE
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/staffweb/groups/disctools/index.html
Chose Vufind
ASR requests
Nov. Staff and Public Betas
January Go Live
lib.uchicago.edu
July 2014 OLE!!!
