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South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

Shared Resource Discovery with Open Source

Paul Johnson

Project Manager, Virtual Academic Library,

South West Wales Higher Education Partnership

Gregynog Colloquium, 9th June 2010


Coming up…

• The Aim

• The Requirements

• Options & Decision

• Challenges & solutions

• Making it work

• The future

Library Technical Assistant, University of Toledo/U.S. Office of Education, 1973


The Aim

To establish a single portal to allow cross-searching of library

catalogues and access to e-resources, as an essential

corollory of reciprocal access and borrowing.


The Requirements : 1


The Requirements : 2

• 3 LMS's = 1 discovery

interface

Ex Libris Voyager

SirsiDynix Horizon

Talis Alto / Prism

• Full 'next generation'

interface

• Customisable

• Integrate e-resource

discovery

http://nise.uncc.edu/images/requirements.jpg


The Options

Options

• Primo

• Talis Prism

• Encore

• Aquabrowser

• WorldCat Local

..or Open Source!

• VuFind

• SOPAC

• Blacklight


The Decision

Decision made on:

• Functionality

• Cost!

• Time to implement

• Flexibility


The Choice : 1

VuFind chosen

Rich functionality

Strong community

Flexible

Stable

Easy to set up

Known, open

technologies

...but what about

e-resources?


The Choice : 2

…but what about

e-resources?

Proprietary

Support & Knowledge

Base

Integration capabilities


Challenges & Solutions : 1

HostingServerVirtualisationMultiple Installations



Design

Usability

Accessibility

'Web 2.0' features

Enriched Content

LoC & Dewey



Data Handling

Marc Export

Merge

Scheduling...

FTP, Jangle

Updates only

http://www.sadissystems.com/ss/ftp.jpg



Dual Language

Essential Requirement

Will be 11th Language

available in VuFind

Full translation



Multi System Driver

• Connections to 3 LMS’s

• Development of Talis Driver

• Use of ‘Jangle’ www.jangle.org

• ..breaking new ground


'Live' functionality

• Checking Availability Data

• Location Data• Place Hold• Place Request• Trinity

University College



My Account• Fully

working Voyager

• 90% working Talis

• Awaiting testing for Horizon



Metalib Integration

• xServer

• LDAP

• Xerxes OSS

“Front End”



With Open Source:• ‘Fear of the

unknown’ • Skill base• Support• Risk• Sustainability• Contribution to the

community


http://simplecomplexity.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/open-source-tilt-scale.jpg



Hosting

Data extraction

Data Merging

Design

Dual Language

Multi System Driver

'Live' holdings functionality

'My Account'

Metalib Integration

Sustainability

Done

Done

Done

Almost done

Done

Almost done

Almost done

Almost done

Done

Almost done


Making it work : 1


Making it work : 2


Making it work : 3


Making it work : 4


Making it work : 5


Making it work : 6


Making it work : 7

Shot to show Journal Search Features 2


Making it work : 8

Shot to show Journal Search Features 2


Making it work : 9

Shot to show My Account Features


Making it work : 10


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The future

• Ratings

• Reviews

• Tag clouds?

• Embedded search box

• More sophisticated

MARC merge

http://the-investor-portal.com/investor-portal-pagelist.php?page=wealth-management


Contacts

Paul Johnson

[email protected]

http://twitter.com/jpjohnson

Luke O'Sullivan

[email protected]

http://twitter.com/L_OS_Cymru

Technology

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