Anybody else see this announcement? Interesting...
--Steven Harris
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The DLF, and major vendors and application developers in the library
software marketplace, have announced a major agreement to develop
standardized, interoperable interfaces for basic operations supporting
search and retrieval of bibliographic items.
Standardized interfaces that work across different ILSs make it easier for
libraries to add new applications, both open-source and vendor- supplied,
that advance their customers' needs. Libraries seek interfaces that allow
ILS data to be aggregated for indexing and search, that allow real-time
search and query of ILS data, that support customer information and borrower
services, and that allow embedding and interaction between OPACs and search
interfaces.
The agreement has the support of the following vendors and
developers:
# Talis
# Ex Libris
# LibLime
# BiblioCommons
# SirsiDynix
# Polaris Library Systems
# VTLS
# California Digital Library
# OCLC
# Serial Solutions / AquaBrowser
The initial announcement is here:
http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/04/04/ils_basic_discovery
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I want to credit the work of those most associated with this effort, the DLF
ILS Discovery Interface task force:
* John Mark Ockerbloom, Univ. of Penn. (chair)
* Terry Reese, Oregon State Univ.
* Patricia Martin, California Digital Library
* Emily Lynema, North Carolina State Univ.
* Todd Grappone, Univ. of Southern California
* Dave Kennedy, Univ. of Maryland
* David Bucknum, Library of Congress
* Dianne McCutcheon, National Library of Medicine
assisted by the following individuals:
* Dale Flecker, Harvard Univ.
* Terry Ryan, UCLA
* Robert Wolven, Columbia Univ.
* Martin Kurth
Received on Mon Apr 14 2008 - 11:40:16 EDT