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From: Michael Foight [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 April 2011 14:32
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Subject: [DIGLIB] VuDL Open Source Software
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For Immediate Release
Falvey Library announces VuDL: Open Source Digital Library
Administration, Alpha Launch
VILLANOVA, Pa. (April 11, 2011) - The Technology Development team at
Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library announces the official
alpha launch of their open source digital library management software,
VuDL (http://vudl.org). With VuDL, you can store, manipulate, display
and make discoverable your digital collections.
Most digital library software packages are targeted at either
small/specific collections or very large/very complicated collections.
The former may not have the functionality to describe your objects
properly; the latter, too many options and therefore needless
complexity. VuDL is designed to be somewhere in the middle: flexible
enough to describe different ranges of objects, while small enough to
diminish technical overhead.
The simple-to-use Digital Library Administration application is powered
by all open source technologies, and provides a METS metadata editor,
service image generation tools, XML database repository, and a built-in
OAI server.
The core of VuDL's application is powered by Orbeon Forms, a powerful
XML/XForms processor, eXist (a native XML database) and the server's
file system combine to support the data and image repository.
VuDL's public interface is powered by VuFind (http://vufind.org), an
Open Source online public access catalog (OPAC) hosted and managed by
Villanova University. VuFind is currently in use in academic and
research libraries in 12 countries, including the National Library of
Australia and the London School of Economics.
Villanova is actively seeking development partners! VuDL is offered for
free through the GPL open source license. For more information and to
download the software, visit http://www.vudl.org.
Contact: David Lacy
Villanova University, Falvey Library
800 Lancaster Ave
Villanova, PA 19085
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610-519-7361
http://library.villanova.edu
http://digital.library.villanova.edu
http://vudl.org
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