eXtensible CatalogXC Drupal Toolkit

XC Software Overview

User Interface for searching and browsing

Library Website (on Drupal)

Voyager UR Research

XC Drupal Toolkit

Tools for automated processing of large batches of metadata

XC Metadata Services Toolkit

Tools for connectivity between XC and an ILS

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XC NCIP Toolkit

XC OAI Toolkit

XC Drupal Toolkit Features

• Provides single search interface across:– Library catalog– Digital repository– Website resources

• Features:– Faceted browsing of results– Extensive customization– Integration with ILS circulation system

XC Drupal Toolkit Metadata

• XC Drupal Toolkit adds support for library metadata into Drupal

• XC Schema– MARC is converted to XC Schema using the

Metadata Services Toolkit– XC Schema is FRBRized to enable a new kind of

results navigation

Search Interface

This is the public search interface for XC.

It uses the default Drupal theme (colors, fonts, layout) which can be customized.

In this example, the user has done a keyword search for ‘XML.’

Simple keyword search

Customizable metadata display

Circulation status

Facets

Syndetic Solutions content

Why am I getting these results for my query?

Additional facets

Navigation

Full Record Display

Customizable metadata display for full record

XC Schema enabled…

MST Normalization enabled…

Full Record Display(continued)

Reviews from Syndetic Solutions

Configurable “Browse Similar Items”

Full XC Schema record metadata available for display

Full Record Display

Image zoom feature

“Lightbox2” module (Drupal.org)

Staff Interface: Display Template

This form determines how to display the creator element of a (FRBR) manifestation on the results screen

The “element template” box allows libraries to write simple PHP code and offers more flexibility

All options are pre-filled with “good” defaults

Menus take staff to the various configuration options

More Like This

Solr is free open source software that XC incorporates.

“More Like This” is a feature of Solr that displays related items.

We have created an administrative web-form to enable ease of configuration.

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