Embracing Open Source: Introducing EBSCO Discovery Service's VuFind 2.x Integration

Filipe Bento | Claus Wolf

3rd German VuFind Community Meeting24th and 25th September 2014

Frankfurt University, Campus Westend

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Sharing in this session

• Introduction: Why?• Growing together: we are community• Fusion into a Developers Network:

merging technologies, getting even more Open (Open Source | GitHub), involving and empowering developers and community, fully exploit synergies

• VuFind Upgrade (1.x -> 2.x | 2.y -> 2.x) • EDS API integration in VuFind (1.3/4 | 2.3+, Aug’14)

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Introduction: Why?

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Why?

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Why?

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Getting even more Open (Open Source | GitHub)

For a full list, please visit https://github.com/EBSCO

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Getting even more Open (Open Source | GitHub)

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EDS integration in VuFind 1.x

Demo site, live: http://vufinddemo.ebscohost.com/

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EDS integration in VuFind 1.x

Demo site, live: http://vufinddemo.ebscohost.com/

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EDS integration in VuFind 2.3+

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1.3/4: EBSCO.zip In console / remote session run1. chmod +x ./install.sh2. ./install.sh /path/to/vufind

e.g. ./install.sh /usr/local/vufindNote: Use a user that has write permission for the VuFind directory structure.

* please visit https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-636 for further info

EDS integration in VuFind:so

it’s easy

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VuFind Upgrade to version 2.3

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VuFind Upgrade to version 2.3

Migrating VuFind from 1.x to 2.3*1. Install version 2.3 to a new directory, or to

VuFind 1.x old directory after moving this (1.x) to a new one2. Start VuFind 1.x, if stopped3. http://your-server/vufind/Upgrade/Home

– Despite the automatic upgrade process, several entries will require manual attention

4. Shut down VuFind 1.x, reindex your records into VuFind 2, and start VuFind 2's Solr instance

5. Disable web server write access to local/config/vufind/ subdirectory and turn off autoConfigure in config.ini

* please visit https://vufind.org/wiki/vufind2:migration_notes for further info

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VuFind Upgrade to version 2.3

Migrating VuFind from 2.x to 2.3*1. Unpack version 2.3 on top of the old version2. Enable web server write access to

local/config/vufind/ subdirectory and turn on autoConfigure in config.ini

3. http://your-server/vufind/Upgrade/Home – run the automatic upgrade process

4. Undo 2)* please visit https://vufind.org/wiki/vufind2:migration_notes for further info

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EDS integration in VuFind 2.3+

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local/config/vufind/config.ini[Site](…); defaultModule = Search

defaultModule = Combined(…)[SearchTabs]

Combined = OneSearch

Solr = Catalog

;Summon = Summon

;WorldCat = WorldCat

EDS = EDS Discovery Service

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local/config/vufind/config.ini(…)[SearchHistoryLabels]Solr = Catalog;Summon = Summon;WorldCat = WorldCat;SolrWeb = "Library Website"EDS = EDS Discovery Service

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local/config/vufind/combined.ini[Layout]; This is the maximum number of columns to use.columns = 2(…)[Solr]label = Catalog; sublabel = "library books, videos, CDs, microform, local resources"more_link = "More catalog results"; limit = 10[EDS]label = EDSsublabel = "full-text articles, e-books, electronic subscription resources"more_link = "More EDS results"ajax = true; limit = 10

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local/config/vufind/EDS.ini

[EBSCO_Account]ip_auth = falseuser_name = "s1234567-api"password = "********"profile = "edsapi"

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EDS integration in VuFind:

50,000+ “Research Starters” provided by Salem Press PhDs & Encyclopedia Britannica

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Research Starters (optional)

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Research Starters (optional) *Already available in the API

GET /edsapi/rest/Info

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Research Starters (optional) *Already available in the API

GET /edsapi/rest/Info

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Research Starters (optional) *Already available in the API

GET /edsapi/rest/Info

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Coming up soon: Publication Finder

EDS integration in VuFind:

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EDS integration in VuFind:

Coming up soon: Publication Finder

DB that needs to be enabled in EBSCOAdmin:

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EDS integration in VuFind:

Coming up soon: Publication Finder

DB that needs to be enabled in EBSCOAdmin:

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Please share…

Questions, suggestions, critics?

How can we help empower VuFind community, developers and the overall Discovery experience?

… any feedback is much appreciated!

Embracing Open Source: Introducing EBSCO Discovery Service's VuFind 2.x Integration

Filipe Bento | Claus Wolf

3rd German VuFind Community Meeting24th and 25th September 2014

Frankfurt University, Campus Westend

Embracing Open Source: Introducing EBSCO Discovery Service's VuFind 2.x Integration

Filipe Bento | Claus Wolf

Thank you!