I wholeheartedly support Andrew Ashton's remarks. I think this is a
wonderful development, and my only criticism is that the installation
documentation for VUFind is not "step by step" enough for me. And as a
Voyager library I'm itchin' to get going right now!
Thanks Andrew!
Ed
Edward J. McDermott
Systems Librarian
Robert H. Goddard Library
Clark University
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Worcester, MA 01610
emcdermott_at_clarku.edu
Phone: (508) 793-7651
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>>[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Ashton
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:14 AM
>>To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
>>Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Open Source OPAC - VUFind Beta Released
>>
>>"That Other Andrew" wrote:
>>
>>'But VuFind is open source ... it is up to the community to make it
>>better.'
>>
>>I just want to delurk for a moment to highlight this point. VUFind
>>looks *fantastic*, even in beta, and with some community development
it
>>will simply rock. I understand that a lot of this criticism is
>>constructive, but I've often felt that a big impediment to library
>>innovation is our insistence on perfection right out of the box. I
>>have, as I'm sure we all have, seen many innovative, and some merely
>>useful, ideas wither on the vine because a librarian could find a
>>combination of factors that (*gasp*) might not lead as precisely to
one
>>catalog record as the "old" system.
>>
>>Personally, I'm interested in hearing more about implementation and
>>testing experiences. Is there a resource (besides this list) for
>>libraries who want to kick the tires a bit?
>>
>>--
>>Andrew Ashton
>>Systems Librarian
>>Scribner Library, Skidmore College
>>(518)580-5505
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> "The Peloponnesian War and the Future of Reference, Cataloging, and
>>> Scholarship in Research Libraries"
>>> http://guild2910.org/Peloponnesian%20War%20June%2013%202007.pdf
>>>
>>> I understand that VuFind relies on the real catalogs it accesses via
>>> "drivers". So, if a target catalog doesn't have browse lists, VuFind
>>> cannot provide them? Or does it do its own indexing?
>>>
>>
>>VuFind does not rely on catalog and that is one of the core
foundations
>>of the system. It has it's own index. However an implementation of
>>VuFind would be rather basic with out a catalog for it to connect to.
>>This is where the drivers come into play. The catalog supplies real
>>time status information on the records. Also the ability to hold or
>>recall an item.
>>
>>Hope this clears things up
>>
>>Andrew
Received on Tue Jul 24 2007 - 07:20:29 EDT