S2thesocialopac.net

An introduction to sopac

John blyberg

darien library

Connecticut Library AssociationApril 27, 2009

A brief history of sopac

Web Site opac

Web server ILS server

UX Burden

UX Burden

Web Site opac

Web server ILS server

The

wrapper

Web Site opac

100%

Customizable

20%

Customizable

Web Site opac

Where your users think

they are

Where they ACTUALLY ARE

Web Site opac

Open SourceProbably not Open Source

Drupal opac

Web server ILS server

The

wrapper

Middleware

Drupal opac

Web server ILS server

Wrapper

1.0

You can do stuff here

Middleware

Drupal opac

Web server ILS server

Wrapper

1.0

You can do stuff here

database

PHP

Middleware

Drupal opac

Web server ILS server

Wrapper

1.0

You can do stuff here

database

PHP

reviews ratings etctags

sopac 1.0redux

A card catalog in an opac?

Add it to your collection

deface the card

welcome to sopac!

tags

reviews

marginalia

the hit list

the item record

tags

ratings

tags

reviews

sopac 2.0introduced

Feature sopac 1 sopac 2drupal cms X x

middleware x x

tags x x

ratings x x

reviews x x

account management x x

fines payment x x

ils independent x

indexed social data x

fully templatable x

plug-in architecture x

scalable x

packagable x

speed optimized x

the social catalog application suite

insurge

Middleware

SOPAC

ILS member libraries

locum

database

Index

ILS connector

social data functionsbusiness logic

completely integrated index

enhanced profile features

Let’s take a tour . . .

S2thesocialopac.net

thank you!

John blyberg

jblyberg@darienlibrary.org

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