*Posted on behalf of Chris Awre, University of Hull by Jackie Wickham*
Following on from Paul's email, we are also considering the value of the commercial offerings for discovery at the University of Hull, whilst identifying how these can relate to our open source environment. We are in the throes of implementing Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) as the primary interface to our institutional repository, but are also looking at expanding a pilot we did for the JISC last year on running this over our library catalogue to provide a combined interface. Running the discovery system locally is allowing us to manage the indexes and how we then present findings to users: Blacklight offers a flexible interface that can be applied to different discovery scenarios for this.
I have over the past year had conversations with vendors about how such a local interface might be linked to commercial indexes like Summon, EBSCO Discovery etc. There are clearly issues about what is then being provided/sold, and issues also around what is viable to manage locally, but there certainly seems to be the space to accommodate commercial offerings within a broader open source local environment.
Regards,
Chris
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From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Stainthorp
Sent: 22 July 2011 16:37
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Resource Discovery Platforms
Hello Dawn,
We're in the early stages of reviewing four commercial products:
1)OCLC WorldCat Local (my notes: http://lncn.eu/xy7)
2)Ex Libris Primo (my notes: http://lncn.eu/ptv)
3)EBSCO Discovery Service (my notes: http://lncn.eu/aijp)
4)Serials Solutions Summon (no notes yet - awaiting demo)
We're also looking at a 'catch-all' review of open-source initiatives,
including VuFind, and some local work funded by JISC (the Jerome
project: http://jerome.library.lincoln.ac.uk/)
There's some very useful information about discovery platforms on the
HELibTech wiki, at: http://helibtech.com/Discovery
Regards,
Paul
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Paul Stainthorp MSc
Electronic Resources Librarian
University of Lincoln
The Great Central Warehouse University Library
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
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United Kingdom
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D.L.Fitzgerald
Sent: 22 July 2011 16:31
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Subject: [lis-e-resources] Resource Discovery Platforms
Hi,
Would anyone be able to provide list of what discovery platforms are
currently available on the market including open source platforms?
I need to write a market report that details what products are
available. Also, for those of you that have gone through the process of
buying a system would you be able to share with me what criteria you
used to purchase and let me know how many of these systems you looked at
via demonstrations?
I realise similar questions have been asked in the past but any help you
can offer me would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Dawn
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