A week or so I had the opportunity to sit down with a number of very
smart people and discuss the eXtensible Catalogue at the University
of Rochester, and I have documented my experiences in a travel log.
From the text:
People's expectations regarding the access to data & information
have dramatically changed with the advent of the Internet. At the
same time library software -- specifically, library catalog
software -- has not kept pace with people's expectations.... XC
is not intended to be built solely by the folks at Rochester.
Instead they propose developing relationships with partners.
There are five different types of partnerships:
* Advisory - Institutions who provide
high-level guidance
* Component - Institutions who write
ingest and export functions against
the Platform
* Deployment - Institution who install
the software for testing
* Implementation - Institutions who write
software for the Platform
* User Research - Institutions who do
basic research on patrons and their use
of library and related technologies,
along with user research linked to
product development
Yes, building something like XC is a lot of work, but the time
spent on such projects is not wasted. Not only will the end
product be something that will solve immediate problems, but it
will have a number of side benefits as well.
http://dewey.library.nd.edu/morgan/travel/xc-2007/
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Eric Lease Morgan
University Libraries of Notre Dame
Received on Wed Feb 21 2007 - 09:11:41 EST