2 next generation catalogs complete faceted not just a destination community participation flexible...
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Next Generation Catalogs
• Complete• Faceted• 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 Demo
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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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Metadata ServicesHub
Metadata Cache
Temporary storage ofpackages of metadata
along with sources
ILS
Other metadata repository
Institutional repository
NormalizationTerminologyRelationshipsTransforms
Sources for existinglibrary
metadata
XC User Interface
Platforms
Drupal
Blackboard
Sakai
XC-schema metadatadelivered to
client platforms
XC User Interfaces
Out of the boxXC user Interface
XC CatalogingUser Interface
XC AdministrationUser Interface
Library resourcesorganized by course
Library resourcesorganized by course
HomegrownHomegrown
(PHP or Java)
XC Phase 2: System Diagram
User and staffgenerated metadatadelivered to the MSH
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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
