Search. Discover. Share. Stefania Saccarola (Librarian) stefania.saccarola@eiuc.org Nicola Tonon (IT Officer) nicola.tonon@eiuc.org
Discovery Tools @ EIUC BETWEEN OPEN SOURCE AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS
A SMALL AND UNIQUE INSTITUTION IN AN INTERNATIONAL AND WIDE CONTEXT EUROPEAN( UNION( 41(EUROPEAN( RESEARCHERS( UNIVERSITIES( INTERNATIONAL ( PROFESSIONAL% PARTNERSHIP( LOCAL( SCHOLARS( PARTNERSHIP( REGIONAL(HR( STUDENTS( MASTER’S( EIUC% GLOBAL% CAMPUS% ALUMNI( MASTERS’% PROGRAMMES% HUMAN( RIGHTS( E.MA( VILLAGE( VENICE( ADVANCED( SCHOOL(OF(HR( TRAININGS( VENICE( ACADEMY(OF( EP(STUDIES( BGM( HR( (Académie( d’èté)(
EIUC LIBRARY RESOURCES: (as of today) • OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue): SBN (Italian National • HuriSearch Library System) • EUR-Lex • Swetswise electronic journals • United Nations - Treaty under subscription Collections • Nijhoff e-books • United Nations - Official • EBSCO A to Z open access Document System electronic journals • HUDOC • Oxford Scholarship Online e-books • OSCE Databases • HeinOnLine Database • DOAJ • Max Plank Encyclopedia of Public International Law articles Collection
THE IDEA: A SINGLE SEARCH BOX FOR ALL THE RESOURCES HOW: • DISCOVERY TOOL • FEDERATED SEARCH • LINK RESOLVER WHY: • IMPROVED USABILITY • SIMPLIFIED RESEARCH • FASTER ACCESS • AMORTIZE EXPENSES
METHODOLOGY • PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT TO OUR RESPONSIBLES • INVESTIGATION OF MARKET OFFER • MEETINGS WITH SPECIALIZED PRODUCERS • EVALUATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS: THE OPPORTUNITY OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES
USEFULNESS WHO WE MET Open Source THOSE TOOLS COULD BE USEFUL FOR THIS KIND OF INSTITUTION BY: • improving COMMUNICATION SKILLS • being INNOVATIVE • paying in terms of IMAGE
PROS AND CONS OF WHO WE MET AND WHY WE GO OPEN SOURCE
Summon SerialsSolutions http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/services/summon/ “WEB-SCALE DISCOVERY SERVICES” “GOOGLE FOR LIBRARIES” + SUMMON INDEX (REPOSITORY) + 360 LINK (OpenURL LINK RESOLVER)
Summon SerialsSolutions http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/services/summon/ • TOO EASY • INTUITIVE - EASY TO USE • LACK OF FURTHER • FLEXIBLE - CUSTOMIZABLE RESPONSE AND SUPPORT • LARGE, AVAILABLE FOR FREE • NO AUTONOMY REPOSITORY CONTENT • UNFOCUSED SEARCH ENGINE • RELIABLE - EXPERIENCE • UNCLEAR RANKING STRATEGY • GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN COSTS AND BENEFITS • NO DEMO
ExLibris Primo http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/PrimoOverview “ONE-STOP SOLUTION FOR DISCOVERY AND DELIVERY” + 2.0 EXPERIENCE + PRIMO CENTRAL (REPOSITORY) + SFX (OpenURL LINK RESOLVER) + bX (usage-based services)
ExLibris Primo http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/PrimoOverview • DIFFERENCED PROPOSALS • BAD BALANCE BETWEEN COSTS AND BENEFITS • INTUITIVE - EASY TO USE • FLEXIBLE - CUSTOMIZABLE • UNFOCUSED SEARCH ENGINE • LARGE, AVAILABLE FOR FREE REPOSITORY CONTENT • RANKING STRATEGY (bX) • RELIABLE - EXPERIENCE • NO DEMO • NEUTRALITY • LACK OF TRANSPARENCY • SOPHISTICATED TOOL
EBSCO Discovery Service http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery “THE COMPLETE DISCOVERY SOLUTION” + EBSCOhost Databases (REPOSITORY) + EBSCOhost Integrated Search™ (EHIS) + EBSCO A-to-Z (REPOSITORY) + EBSCO LinkSource (OpenURL LINK RESOLVER)
EBSCO Discovery Service http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery • FLEXIBLE - CUSTOMIZABLE • PERSONALIZED DEMO • UNFOCUSED SEARCH ENGINE • LARGE, AVAILABLE FOR FREE REPOSITORY CONTENT • RELIABLE - EXPERIENCE • UNCLEAR RANKING STRATEGY • BEST BALANCE BETWEEN COSTS AND BENEFITS • FEDERATED RESEARCH FOR MANY • DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF LIBRARIAN RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT • SOPHISTICATED TOOL • NOT A SOFTWARE HOUSE • CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT EARLY ANALYSIS
Swetswise Searcher - Deep Web Technology WHO WE MET http://www.swets.com/swetswise/swetswise-searcher “THE GOOGLE OF FEDERATED SEARCH” + SWETSWISE ONLINE CONTENT & TITLE BANK (REPOSITORY) + SWETSWISE LINKER (OpenURL LINK RESOLVER)
Swetswise Searcher http://www.swets.com/swetswise/swetswise-searcher • FLEXIBLE - CUSTOMIZABLE • LARGE, AVAILABLE FOR FREE • UNFOCUSED SEARCH ENGINE • NO INDEXING BY METADATA • DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF LIBRARIAN ENVIRONMENT • SLOWNESS (FEDERATED RESEARCH) • SOPHISTICATED TOOL • NEUTRALITY • USAGE REPORTING
THE OPEN SOURCE CHANCE PROS • SUSTAINABILITY • INDEPENDENCE AND AUTONOMY • INNOVATIVE APPROACH • IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS OF INVOLVED STAFF • HUMAN RIGHTS RELEVANCE
THE OPEN SOURCE CHANCE WHO WE MET CONS • IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES • HUMAN RESOURCES DEPENDENT • LESS REFINED FINAL PRODUCT
VuFind http://vufind.org/ “THE LIBRARY OPAC MEETS WEB 2.0” • Catalog Records • Locally Cached Journals • Digital Library Items • Institutional Repository • Institutional Bibliography • Other Library Collections and Resources
VuFind http://vufind.org/ • SECURITY • FLEXIBLE - CUSTOMIZABLE • SOPHISTICATED TOOL • IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES • COMMUNITY SUPPORT • POWER • SCALABILITY
VuFind - Features http://vufind.org/ • Search with Faceted Results • Author Biographies • "More Like This" Resource Suggestions • Save Resources to Organized Lists • Internationalization
VuFind - How Does it Work? http://vufind.org/
VuFind - Apache Solr http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ • Open Source enterprise Search Platform • Advanced Full-Text Search Capabilities • Optimized for High Volume Web Traffic • Standards Based Open Interfaces - XML,JSON and HTTP • Comprehensive HTML Administration Interfaces
VuFind - Implementation http://vufind.org/ Requirements: Documentation: • Installation • Getting Records out of your • Apache HTTP Server 2.2 or ILS later (2.2.12 or later • Importing and Managing recommended) Records • PHP 5.2.x • Configuration and • Smarty 2.6.26 Customization • MySQL 4.1 or later • Performance • Java J2SE JDK 1.4 or later • Security • Search Engine Optimization
VuFind - Search Features http://vufind.org/ Easily defines your own Custom Searches
VuFind - Search Features http://vufind.org/ Search with Faceted Results
VuFind - Search Features http://vufind.org/ Browses by call number, tags, language, subject...
VuFind - Search Features http://vufind.org/ Resource suggestions
VuFind - Search Features http://vufind.org/ Saves and Organizes Resources with tags
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