Zack OsborneIT Systems & Services Coordinator, OCLS

COLLECT Meets Discovery:

Integrating a central repository with EDS and Summon

April 24, 2015

What is “COLLECT”?• COLLECT = “College Libraries Central”

• Launched in 2014 as a pilot project

• Repository of bibliographic metadata for the holdings of

Ontario’s 24 publicly-funded community college libraries

• Runs on VTLS’ (now Innovative Interfaces Inc.) VITAL software

• Publicly accessible

• Features link-back capability to direct a user to the record at

item’s home library

Pilot Project ObjectivesDetermine how COLLECT holdings can be made

discoverable through the discovery layers of each college library

.Can COLLECT holdings be harvested to discovery layers at the colleges? (i.e. will VITAL play well with others?)

What is the viability of integrating objects from other VITAL-based repositories (e.g. eBook records, digital

objects, etc.) with these discovery layer systems?

Pilot LibrariesConfederation College

George Brown College

Georgian College

Centennial College

Humber College

Sheridan College

Pilot Discovery SystemsConfederation College

George Brown College

Georgian College

Centennial College

Humber College

Sheridan College

• Working with EBSCO Catalog & Metadata Specialists

• Creating a custom catalog with COLLECT data• Will index COLLECT holdings through:

- Z39.50- OAI-PMH- Screen-scraping

• Many integration options possible

How: EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)

Content in Summon is either ingested and indexed, or it must be linked to from Summon

Summon doesn’t reach out (e.g. with Z39.50 or OAI-PMH); it links out

Creating and monitoring automated processes to:

How: ProQuest Summon

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We’re going to link out to COLLECT

Extract COLLECT records Transfer file(s)

Upload and index to Summon= Cumbersome

ProQuest Summon

• Currently underway; exploratory project with no determined deadline, expected August 2015

• EDS creating custom catalog to demo integration

• Pursuing Summon “hacking” options

• Working with libraries, EDS, Summon, and III

Timeline and Status

Thank you!