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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
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
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
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
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.
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The Requirements : 1
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
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
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The Options
Options
• Primo
• Talis Prism
• Encore
• Aquabrowser
• WorldCat Local
..or Open Source!
• VuFind
• SOPAC
• Blacklight
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
The Decision
Decision made on:
• Functionality
• Cost!
• Time to implement
• Flexibility
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
The Choice : 1
VuFind chosen
Rich functionality
Strong community
Flexible
Stable
Easy to set up
Known, open
technologies
...but what about
e-resources?
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
The Choice : 2
…but what about
e-resources?
Proprietary
Support & Knowledge
Base
Integration capabilities
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
Challenges & Solutions : 1
HostingServerVirtualisationMultiple Installations
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
Challenges & Solutions : 2
Design
Usability
Accessibility
'Web 2.0' features
Enriched Content
LoC & Dewey
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
Challenges & Solutions : 3
Data Handling
Marc Export
Merge
Scheduling...
FTP, Jangle
Updates only
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Challenges & Solutions : 4
Dual Language
Essential Requirement
Will be 11th Language
available in VuFind
Full translation
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
Challenges & Solutions : 5
Multi System Driver
• Connections to 3 LMS’s
• Development of Talis Driver
• Use of ‘Jangle’ www.jangle.org
• ..breaking new ground
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
'Live' functionality
• Checking Availability Data
• Location Data• Place Hold• Place Request• Trinity
University College
Challenges & Solutions : 6
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
My Account• Fully
working Voyager
• 90% working Talis
• Awaiting testing for Horizon
Challenges & Solutions : 7
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Metalib Integration
• xServer
• LDAP
• Xerxes OSS
“Front End”
Challenges & Solutions : 8
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
With Open Source:• ‘Fear of the
unknown’ • Skill base• Support• Risk• Sustainability• Contribution to the
community
Challenges & Solutions : 9
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Challenges & Solutions : 1
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
South West Wales Higher Education PartnershipPartneriaeth Addysg Uwch De Orllewin Cymru
Making it work : 1
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Making it work : 2
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Making it work : 3
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Making it work : 4
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Making it work : 5
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Making it work : 6
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Making it work : 7
Shot to show Journal Search Features 2
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Making it work : 8
Shot to show Journal Search Features 2
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Making it work : 9
Shot to show My Account Features
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Making it work : 10
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http://ifind.swwhep.ac.uk
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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
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Contacts
Paul Johnson
j.p.johnson@swansea.ac.uk
http://twitter.com/jpjohnson
Luke O'Sullivan
l.osullivan@swansea.ac.uk
http://twitter.com/L_OS_Cymru