I welcome this conversation to join in the VuFind community mailing list (
https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/vufind-general). I think you
will get more information from implementers of VuFind and their experiences
in that forum. There are quite a few implementations that have 1M+ records
of varying staffing models that I am aware of.
Andrew
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Marc Truitt <marc.truitt_at_ualberta.ca>wrote:
> 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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