South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Resource Discovery with Open Source Software Paul Johnson Acting Project Manager, Virtual Academic Library Integrating VuFind into the Virtual Academic Library Discovery Portal

Agenda SWWHEP & the Virtual Academic Library Requirements Options & Decision Installation Enhancements Other implementations Support South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

SWWHEP & the Virtual Academic Library

Requirements

Options & Decision

Installation

Enhancements

Other implementations

Support

Virtual Academic Library: Background WAG: Reaching Higher / Reconfiguration & Collaboration Fund SWWHEP : “an innovative partnership to integrate and enhance a range of services to students and staff” South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

WAG: Reaching Higher / Reconfiguration & Collaboration Fund

SWWHEP : “an innovative partnership to integrate and enhance a range of services to students and staff”

Shared resources: 1.1 million books and journals 30,000 journal subscriptions 2,000 study spaces 720 student PCs in library buildings South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Virtual Academic Library: the concept Shared access: Reciprocal borrowing RFID E-access Document delivery Longer opening hours

Shared resources:

1.1 million books and journals

30,000 journal subscriptions

2,000 study spaces

720 student PCs in library buildings

Shared access:

Reciprocal borrowing

RFID

E-access

Document delivery

Longer opening hours

Existing Resource Discovery Swansea University ExLibris Voyager OPAC SFX Link Resolver Database directory South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

ExLibris Voyager OPAC

SFX Link Resolver

Database directory

Existing Resource Discovery Swansea Metropolitan University Talis Prism OPAC Serials Solutions Link Resolver Subject pages, including eBook and eJournal lists South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

Talis Prism OPAC

Serials Solutions Link Resolver

Subject pages, including eBook and eJournal lists

Existing Resource Discovery Trinity University College SirsiDynix Horizon Information Portal Resource pages No link resolver South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

SirsiDynix Horizon Information Portal

Resource pages

No link resolver

Resource Discovery Essential Requirements Common catalogue for print material, including availability and delivery options. E-resource access (federated search) South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

Common catalogue for print material, including availability and delivery options.

E-resource access (federated search)

Resource Discovery Wish list Search limits Faceted search Tag clouds Book jackets Browsing South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Tagging Comments Biographies Reviews

Search limits

Faceted search

Tag clouds

Book jackets

Browsing

Tagging

Comments

Biographies

Reviews

Harvest or Federate? Considered Federated Search, but … Slower and clunkier Less control over data A good solution where data cannot be aggregated, but not ideal for a single union catalog South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

Considered Federated Search, but …

Slower and clunkier

Less control over data

A good solution where data cannot be aggregated, but not ideal for a single union catalog

Resource Discovery The Contenders South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru ExLibris Primo Innovative Encore and InnReach Talis Prism 3 AquaBrowser Endeca BiblioCommons VuFind

ExLibris Primo

Innovative Encore and InnReach

Talis Prism 3

AquaBrowser

Endeca

BiblioCommons

VuFind

Resource Discovery The Choice : VuFind South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Why? Attractive, modern interface Included many of the “wishlist” features Open Source … can be changed and developed to suit requirements Cost! Total control over implementation

Why?

Attractive, modern interface

Included many of the “wishlist” features

Open Source … can be changed and developed to suit requirements

Cost!

Total control over implementation

VuFind Features South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

VuFind Features South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

VuFind Features South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

VuFind : Installation South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Operating Systems: Solaris Linux Windows Prerequisites: Apache HTTP Server 2.2 or later PHP 5.2.0 or later MySQL 4.1 or later Java J2SE JDK 1.4 or later

Operating Systems:

Solaris

Linux

Windows

Prerequisites:

Apache HTTP Server 2.2 or later

PHP 5.2.0 or later

MySQL 4.1 or later

Java J2SE JDK 1.4 or later

VuFind Installation South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

VuFind : Customization South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Templates and CSS files Config files cover: Local Server Authentication External content (Bookjackets, Reviews, Authors) Web search Drivers for LMS connections Indexing preferences

Templates and CSS files

Config files cover:

Local Server

Authentication

External content (Bookjackets, Reviews, Authors)

Web search

Drivers for LMS connections

Indexing preferences

Special developments South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru The Virtual Academic Library will be adding enhancements to: Merge bibliographic data from three LMSs Connect to three LMSs for availability information Handle multi classification schemes Incorporate federated search into the interface (using Metalib Xserver) Enhancements will be offered back to the community

The Virtual Academic Library will be adding enhancements to:

Merge bibliographic data from three LMSs

Connect to three LMSs for availability information

Handle multi classification schemes

Incorporate federated search into the interface (using Metalib Xserver)

Enhancements will be offered back to the community

Future developments South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Production Release: 1.1 OAI Importer Record view page based on Format Federated Search Authority Index Future Development Suggested Resources and Searches Circulation Stats for Popularity, etc. Grouping of similiar items by edition - FRBR Microsoft Research Pane SOAP Service

Production Release: 1.1

OAI Importer

Record view page based on Format

Federated Search

Authority Index

Future Development

Suggested Resources and Searches

Circulation Stats for Popularity, etc.

Grouping of similiar items by edition - FRBR

Microsoft Research Pane SOAP Service

Support South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru Virtual Academic Library is not purchasing external support None yet available! VuFind is a small product compared to a full LMS VuFind mailing lists are an excellent source for advice and discussion Documentation leaves something to be desired

Virtual Academic Library is not purchasing external support

None yet available!

VuFind is a small product compared to a full LMS

VuFind mailing lists are an excellent source for advice and discussion

Documentation leaves something to be desired

Other implementations South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

Other implementations South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

Other implementations CARLI Consortium (I-Share) - Beta - http://vufind-beta.carli.illinois.edu/vf/ Georgia Tech (Beta only) - http://finder.library.gatech.edu/vufind/ London School of Economics – https://beta.catalogue.lse.ac.uk/ South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

CARLI Consortium (I-Share) - Beta - http://vufind-beta.carli.illinois.edu/vf/

Georgia Tech (Beta only) - http://finder.library.gatech.edu/vufind/

London School of Economics – https://beta.catalogue.lse.ac.uk/

Further information VuFind Home: http://www.vufind.org/ South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

VuFind Home: http://www.vufind.org/

Thank you! Paul Johnson Acting Project Manager, Virtual Academic Library [email_address] South West Wales Higher Education Partnership Partneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru

Paul Johnson

Acting Project Manager, Virtual Academic Library

[email_address]