At OhioLINK, we're planning/hoping (awaiting funding) to do all of the above with some software and new development from Index Data, a smaller company with an open twist.
Tom Klingler
Kent State
Chair, OhioLINK Discovery Layer Task Force
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michele Newberry
>Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:10 PM
>To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Open Source Rivals to Vendor Discovery Systems
>
>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
>>
Received on Thu Jun 24 2010 - 17:45:26 EDT