Re: Open Source Rivals to Vendor Discovery Systems

From: Michele Newberry <fclmin_at_nyob> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:10:08 -0400 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

Jimmy,
  Primo is analogous to VuFind, Endeca, Blacklight.  Primo combined with 
Primo Central is analogous to Summon and Ebsco Discovery.  Other than 
some Europeans who were thinking ahead, only OhioLink, U-Toronto and Los 
Alamos have the content to create their own mega-index a la Summon, 
Ebsco and Primo Central.

 - Michele Newberry
    FCLA

Jimmy Ghaphery wrote:
> NGC4LIB,
>
> Set me straight... What viable open source alternatives do you see to 
> Vendor Discovery Systems such as WorldCat local, Primo, Summon, and 
> Ebsco Discovery? In all of these options above it seems the kicker is 
> the locally hosted and aggregated journal article data.
>
> Would the only options be a solrized index of local data and fetching 
> journal articles through some type of federated search api and then 
> somehow interfiling/ranking results? Can that type of mousetrap 
> overcome the power of having all of that data in one place?
>
> Examples welcome!
>
> --Jimmy
>