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Next Generation Library Catalogs

David LindahlCo-Principal InvestigatoreXtensible Catalog ProjectUniversity of Rochester River Campus

Libraries

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Faceted Browsing Search Interface

(NCSU Libraries Catalog)

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Catalog + Community Features

(Ann Arbor District Library)

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Hosted Catalog Solution(OCLC WorldCat Local - University of Washington

Libraries Catalog)

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Open Source Software(Scriblio - Plymouth State University Library

Search)

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Open Source Components(SOLR/Lucene)

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ILS Vendor Offerings(Ex Libris Primo and Innovative Interfaces Encore)

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Next Generation Library Catalog

• The “This Generation Library Catalog”

• Not just a destination• Not software you can buy or

download• New role for libraries

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Next Generation Library

• Technologies are changing quickly• Library users are adopting a wide

range of them• Shift

Catalog

User

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Next Generation Library

Study Users

Conceptualize Design

Usability Test

ImplementDeploy

Iterate to improve

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Competition

• Google• OCLC• ILS vendors• Open source software• How many next-generation catalogs

do we need?

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Next Generation Catalogs

• Complete• Faceted and FRBRized• 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

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XC Phase 1: Name Authority Prototype

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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

Library resourcesorganized by course

Library resourcesorganized by course

HomegrownHomegrown

(PHP or Java)

XC Phase 2: System Diagram

User and staffgenerated metadatadelivered to the MSH

Plone Out of the boxXC user Interface

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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

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More information on XC:www.extensiblecatalog.info

David Lindahldlindahl@library.rochester.edu