Next Generation Library Catalogs

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Next Generation Library Catalogs

• David Lindahl
• Co-Principal Investigator
• eXtensible Catalog Project
• University of Rochester River Campus Libraries

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Faceted Browsing Search Interface(NCSU Libraries
Catalog)
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Catalog Community Features(Ann Arbor District
Library)
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Hosted Catalog Solution(OCLC WorldCat Local -
University of Washington Libraries Catalog)
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Open Source Software(Scriblio - Plymouth State
University Library Search)
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Open Source Components(SOLR/Lucene)
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ILS Vendor Offerings(Ex Libris Primo and
Innovative Interfaces Encore)
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Next Generation Library Catalog

• The This Generation Library Catalog
• Not just a destination
• Not software you can buy or download
• New role for libraries

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Next Generation Library
Catalog
User

• Technologies are changing quickly
• Library users are adopting a wide range of them
• Shift

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Next Generation Library
Study Users
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Competition

• Google
• OCLC
• ILS vendors
• Open source software
• How many next-generation catalogs do we need?

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Next Generation Catalogs

• Complete
• Faceted and FRBRized
• Not just a destination
• Community participation
• Flexible privacy and filtering
• Open

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eXtensible Catalog (XC)

• Alternative way to reveal library collections to
  users
• Integrate library content into other systems
• Open source, collaborative

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eXtensible Catalog (XC)

• User interface faceting, Web 2.0
• Support for local development
• Handle multiple metadata schemas
• Informed by user research

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eXtensible Catalog (XC)

• Phase 1 (2006-2007)
• Funding Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholarly
  Communications Program
• Duration 1 year
• Develop a project plan
• Phase 2 (2007-2009)
• Build and deploy XC software
• Conduct User Research
• Develop a governance structure

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XC Phase 1 C4 Prototype
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XC Phase 1 Name Authority Prototype
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XC Phase 2 Activities

• Develop a metadata application profile
• Conduct user research
• Implement the XC software
• Seek out additional partners
• Governance and Sustainability
• Dissemination

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XC Phase 2 Advisory Board

• Andrew Pace (North Carolina State University)
• Karen Calhoun (OCLC)
• Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress)
• John Blyberg (Darien CT Public Library)

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XC Phase 2 Implementation Partners

• Notre Dame University
• CARLI Consortium of Academic and Research
  Libraries in Illinois
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Oregon State University
• Georgia PINES
• Cornell University
• University at Buffalo

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XC Phase 2 User Research Partners

• Cornell University
• Ohio State University
• Yale University

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XC Phase 2 System Diagram
Metadata Services Hub
XC User Interface Platforms
XC User Interfaces
Sources for existing library metadata
Out of the box XC user Interface
XC-schema metadata delivered to client platforms
Metadata Cache Temporary storage of packages of
metadata along with sources
Drupal
XC Cataloging User Interface
Institutional repository
Plone
Out of the box XC user Interface
User and staff generated metadata delivered to
the MSH
ILS
Library resources organized by course
Blackboard
Other metadata repository
Normalization Terminology Relationships Transforms
Library resources organized by course
Sakai
Homegrown
Homegrown (PHP or Java)
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Phase 2 System Diagram Summary

• Multiple sources for existing metadata
• Metadata Service Hub
• Multiple user platforms and interfaces

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XC Vision

• Address the needs of many libraries
• Flexible, extensible software
• Use XC as is or build on top of it

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• More information on XC
• www.extensiblecatalog.info
• David Lindahl
• dlindahl_at_library.rochester.edu

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