A query to those large (say, 1,000,000 or more bibs) sites that have
implemented (or are considering implementation of) a 'next-gen'
discovery tool -- whether a commercial product such as Endeca or Primo
on the one hand or an open source one such as VuFind on the other. Have
you analyzed the staffing requirements for implementation and ongoing
maintenance of these products? If so, can you offer details as to
number of FTE required, and their particular skill sets? Are you adding
staff in order to offer these new interfaces, or moving forward with the
staff you already have?
thanks,
- mt
Chris Bourg wrote:
> Stanford has put up a prototype instance of VuFind, which we branded as
> Searchworks
> Try it here <http://searchworks.stanford.edu>.
> Learn about it here <http://www.stanford.edu/dept/sulair/web/searchworks>.
>
> Chris.
>
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