IGeLU2009: The OPAC is dead, long live the OPAC

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The OPAC is Dead Long Live the OPAC

Daniel ForsmanIGeLU 2009


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Introduction and setting the stage

The assignment

Group discussions


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OPAC


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OPAC

LIBRIS


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OPAC

LIBRIS

ABI/INFORM


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OPAC

LIBRIS

ABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX


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OPAC

LIBRIS

ABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX

Google


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OPAC

LIBRIS

ABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX

GoogleMetaLib


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OPAC

LIBRIS

ABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX

GoogleMetaLib

DiVA


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OPAC

LIBRIS

ABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX

GoogleMetaLibXserver

DiVA


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OPAC

LIBRISABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX


Xsearch

DiVA


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OPAC

LIBRISABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX


Xsearch

DiVA

API


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OPAC

LIBRISABI/INFORM

EBSCO HostSFX


Xsearch

DiVA

API

WorldCat

ERM


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OPAC

LIBRISABI/INFORM

EBSCO HostSFX


Xsearch

DiVA

API

WorldCat

ERM

Primo

Local


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OPAC

LIBRISABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX

GoogleMetaLib

Xserver

Xsearch

DiVA

API

WorldCat

ERM

Primo

Local


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OPAC

LIBRIS

ABI/INFORM

EBSCO Host

SFX

GoogleMetaLib

Xserver

Xsearch

DiVA

API

WorldCat

ERM

Primo

Local

Central

bX


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What are the nextgen features?

Single searchFastDid you mean ...?Facets | ClusteringRSSExternal indexingAPI:erStable URLRelevance rankingForward search | Link serverFederated search capabilitiesCentral indexing | HarvestingEnriched records – t ex ToC, taging, reviews, coversPersonalizationReference managementFulltext | Get it!SaaS / Hosting


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How happy are you with your current OPAC? (IGeLU 5.72)

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How happy are you with your current OPAC? (All 5.72 | AlephSwe 5.71)

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http://ek.nuigalway.ie/


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How important is it to enrich the OPAC with external content (for instance forwarding searches, table of contents, covers, Google Books, integration with union catalogs, databases, Library Thing)? (8.56)

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How important is it to enrich the OPAC with external content (for instance forwarding searches, table of contents, covers, Google Books, integration with union catalogs, databases, Library Thing)? (8.32 | 8.05)

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9/4/09 Malmo Public Library – Covers, Library Thing for libraries, forward search, Google Books

http://malmo.stadsbibliotek.org/search~S7/


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How important are RSS feeds in the OPAC? 6.96

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How important are RSS feeds in the OPAC? 6.79 | 6.59

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Vanderbilt University

http://discoverlibrary.vanderbilt.edu/


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University of Dundee

http://library.dundee.ac.uk/


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http://julia.hj.se/news/index.php


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How important is it to be able to search the OPAC from other sources like Facebook, iGoogle, Netvibes ... ? 6.75

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How important is it to be able to search the OPAC from other sources like Facebook, iGoogle, Netvibes ... ? 5.96 | 5.09

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Jönköping UniversityiGoogle search / HTML widget

University of Notre Dame – Facebook app

http://www.bibl.hj.se/cm_webb/directsearch/isearch.php

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2430137239&ref=search


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How important is tagging in the OPAC? 5.91

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How important is tagging in the OPAC? 5.44 | 4.95

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9/4/09 Mina bibliotek – User defined tags

http://www.minabibliotek.se/


9/4/09 University of Huddersfield

http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/


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How important are user generated reviews and comments in the OPAC? 5.88

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How important are user generated reviews and comments in the OPAC? 5.8 | 5.7

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Darien Library

University of Huddersfield

Library Thing

http://www.darienlibrary.org/

http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/i

http://www.librarything.com/


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How important are librariangenerated reviews and comments in the OPAC? 5.44

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How important are librariangenerated reviews and comments in the OPAC? 5.13 | 4.77

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Jönköping University

Boktips.net

http://julia.hj.se/

http://www.boktips.net/


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How important are clustering of search results in the OPAC? 8.42

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How important are clustering of search results in the OPAC? 8.04 | 7.64

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MIT WorldCat Local

REX PrimoLIBRIS

http://mit.worldcat.org/

http://rex.kb.dk/

http://libris.kb.se/


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How important is it to be able to do federated searching in selected databases/digital archives/institutional repositories from the OPAC? 8.56

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How important is it to be able to do federated searching in selected databases/digital archives/institutional repositories from the OPAC? 8.34 | 8.09

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http://julia.hj.se/


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How important is it to to embed the OPAC into the library website (graphics and navigation)? 8.04

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How important is it to to embed the OPAC into the library website (graphics and navigation)? 8.38 | 8.77

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9/4/09 Stavanger Public Library

http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/


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How important is it to integrate link resolvers (like SFX) into the OPAC? 8.96

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How important is it to integrate link resolvers (like SFX) into the OPAC? 8.96 | 8.95

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Jönköping University Library

SFX integration

http://julia.hj.se/


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How important is your access to the OPAC server and configuration? 9.22

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How important is your access to the OPAC server and configuration? 8.53 | 7.82

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WorldCat Local Melvyl@University of California

LIBRIS

http://melvyl.worldcat.org/



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How important is it to make the catalog data available for external indexing (OAIPMH, permanent URL:s for Google indexing) 8.5

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Open Archives Harvester

http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=harvester


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How important are OPAC API:s? 8.64

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9/4/09 Broome Community College

http://www.sunybroome.edu/library/x/ccl.php?base=BCC01PUB&ccl-revise=asdf


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Mention five features in your current OPAC that you appreciate

Stable Flexible Multi lingual Logical bases

Courtesy notice SDI/RSS Forward search Holdings

Self service Fast New books list Xserver

Authority control Help SFX Integration Browse indexes


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Mention five features you miss in your current OPAC

Statistics Relevance ranking Did you mean ...

Clustering Forward search Covers

Reviews Tagging Federated search capabiblity

Xserver FRBR Automated suggestions

Harvesting Sitemap User generated content

SMS Zeitgeist Connection to institution ACQ

Persistent links Hard to customize Graphical integration


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OPAC:s that you find inspiring or worth mentioning ALEPH

● Broome Community College● Five Colleges● Gegnir● InfoHawk● JULIA● Libis.net● MALMAD● McGill University● Olomouc● SUNCAT● Université de Anger● University of Amsterdam● University of Dundee● University of Notre Dame● University of Notthingham

http://www.sunybroome.edu/library/x/ccl.php

http://fcaw.library.umass.edu:8991/F/

http://gegnir.is/

http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/

http://julia.hj.se/

http://opac.libis.be/

http://aleph3.libnet.ac.il/

http://newaleph.mcgill.ca/

http://aleph.vkol.cz/

http://suncat.edina.ac.uk/F/?func=find-b-0

http://catalogue.univ-angers.fr/

http://opc.uva.nl/

http://library.dundee.ac.uk/

http://catalog.library.nd.edu/

http://aleph.nottingham.ac.uk/F


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OPAC:s that you find inspiring or worth mentioning

Primo● Vanderbilt University● Danish Royal Library● University of Iowa● SOLO● University of East Anglia● NUI Galway

VuFind● MnPals● National Library of Australia

Encore● Binghamton University● University of Nevada

Scriblio● Collingswood Public Library ● University of Plymouth

AquaBrowser● Columbus Metropolitan Library● Zoeken.Bibliotheek● HOLLIS● University of Chicago● Amsterdam Public Library

http://discoverlibrary.vanderbilt.edu/

http://rex.kb.dk/

http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/

http://broadsearch.uea.ac.uk/

http://ek.nuigalway.ie/

http://plus.mnpals.net/

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home

http://1bing-mt.iii.com/iii/encore/home?lang=eng

http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/encore/Default.htm

http://collingswoodlib.org/

http://library.plymouth.edu/

http://catalog.columbuslibrary.org/

http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be/

http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/

http://lens.lib.uchicago.edu/

http://zoeken.oba.nl/


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OPAC:s that you find inspiring or worth mentioning

● Académie universitaire WallonieEurope● Amazon● Beluga● Darien● Evergreen● Finnish National Gallery● HelMet● Library Thing● LIBRIS● Lucene NBD Prototype● Melvyl (Worldcat local)● Mina bibliotek● NCSU● Pirkka● Pubget● Stavanger Public Library● Summa● University of Huddersfield● Virgo● Worldcat

http://www.bib.fsagx.ac.be/perl/opac/x?action=start&database=auwe

http://www.amazon.com/

http://beluga.sub.uni-hamburg.de/

http://www.darienlibrary.org/

http://demo.gapines.org/%20

http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/wandora/w?action=gen&lang=en

http://www.helmet.fi/

http://www.librarything.com/


http://ll01.nla.gov.au/%20

http://melvyl.worldcat.org/

http://www.minabibliotek.se/

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/

http://pirkka.amkit.fi/

http://pubget.com/search

http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek

http://www.statsbiblioteket.dk/

http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/

http://virgobeta.lib.virginia.edu/

http://www.worldcat.org/


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Berkeley LibraryBibliotheksportal KarlsruheBritish LibraryDanish Royal LibraryDuke University LibrariesEurocidEuropeanaDirección de Biblioteca – Tecnológico de MonterreyFlorida GulfCoast UniversityJonkoping Unversity LibraryKubisLa Biblioteca digital de la UPCLibrary of CongressMcMaster University LibrariesNationale bibliotheek van NederlandNational Library of AustraliaPeace Palace LibraryTemasek Polytechnic Digital Libray PortalUniversité d'Anger BibliothéqueUniversity of Guelph LibraryUniversity of Haifa LibraryUniversity of Iowa librariesYale University Library

SSU LibraryUniversity of Southampton LibraryUCM Biblioteca ComplutenseMIT LibrariesHarvard Law School Library

Inspiring library websites

http://lib.berkeley.edu/

http://www.bibliotheksportal-karlsruhe.de/

http://www.bl.uk/

http://www.kb.dk/da/index.html

http://library.duke.edu/

http://www.eurocid.pt/

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/

http://biblioteca.mty.itesm.mx/

http://library.fgcu.edu/

http://www.bibl.hj.se/

http://kubis.ku.dk/

http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

http://library.mcmaster.ca/

http://www.kb.nl/

http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss

http://www.ppl.nl/

http://spark.tp.edu.sg/

http://bu.univ-angers.fr/

http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/

http://lib.haifa.ac.il/

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/

http://www.library.yale.edu/

http://portal.solent.ac.uk/portal/page/portal/Solent/Library

http://www.soton.ac.uk/library/

http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/

http://libraries.mit.edu/

http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/


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Group discussions (groups of 5)

What are your initial reactions to the presentation of the assignment?

Any of the 14 questions in the assignment, comments?

What are your current thoughts on the OPAC?

Do you want to continue with a local system?

Do you want to develop your current system?

Are you looking for a new system to invest in(Aquabrowser, VuFind, XC, Primo, WorldCat Local, Summon …) ? Why?

How are you going to obtain the features you miss in your current system?

Are you open to consortia solutions for discovery tools?

How do you feel about hosted services?


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Education

IGeLU2009: The OPAC is dead, long live the OPAC