My pleasure -- and just for the record, I shouldn't take too much credit for this; a lot of the design work on this project was initiated by the National Library of Ireland and enhanced through collaboration with other VuFind developers (Luke O'Sullivan at Swansea and Ere Maijala at the National Library of Finland, among others). A really nice example of open source in action!
- Demian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Tom Cramer
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:10 PM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] VuFind 1.4 Released
>
> Demian,
>
> Your digital collection view (e.g. Villanova Digital Collection) is an
> interesting visualization--I like very much the date histogram, by the way.
> The context view with the hierarchical tree is something we'll be looking at
> closely. Thanks for sharing these links.
>
> - Tom
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Demian Katz wrote:
>
> > I have a demo instance of VuFind using the new hierarchical collection
> features here:
> >
> > http://vufind.org/collection/
> >
> > It is populated with data from our VuDL instance
> (http://digital.library.villanova.edu).
> >
> > Since this was designed to demonstrate and test the new features but was not
> intended for production, it has some rough edges and may be a little sluggish
> at times -- but hopefully it shows how things work.
> >
> > There's also some documentation here which describes the index schema, among
> other details:
> >
> > http://vufind.org/wiki/hierarchies_and_collections
> >
> > I'll be happy to answer any questions if you need more details.
> >
> > - Demian
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU]
> >> On Behalf Of Tom Cramer
> >> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:42 PM
> >> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> >> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] VuFind 1.4 Released
> >>
> >> Demian,
> >>
> >> Congratulations on the release! Can you point to any instances of VuFind
> that
> >> demonstrate this:
> >>
> >>> - Support for hierarchical collections of records, allowing better
> >> integration of archival materials and digital repositories.
> >>
> >> This general need has been the focus of much discussion and some
> development
> >> at Stanford, and it is always interesting to see how others tackle this in
> >> both the index and the app.
> >>
> >> - Tom
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Typed with my thumbs.
> >>
> >> On Jan 28, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Demian Katz <demian.katz_at_VILLANOVA.EDU> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Apologies for cross-posting...
> >>>
> >>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> >>>
> >>> VuFind 1.4 Released
> >>>
> >>> Villanova, Pennsylvania - January 28, 2013 - The latest version of the
> >> VuFind Open Source discovery software has just been released. This will be
> the
> >> final release in the 1.x series, with a 2.0 release planned for later in
> the
> >> year.
> >>>
> >>> The new release includes several significant enhancements:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - Built-in support for running without an Integrated Library System,
> making
> >> VuFind more convenient for non-library uses and offering smarter behavior
> >> during temporary ILS outages.
> >>>
> >>> - The ability to provide custom recommendations to the user when no search
> >> results are found.
> >>>
> >>> - An improved and expanded mobile interface.
> >>>
> >>> - New index fields allowing VuFind to be used as an article index.
> >>>
> >>> - Optional Clickatell support for text messaging.
> >>>
> >>> - Several new interface translations: Basque, Catalan, Czech and Russian.
> >>>
> >>> Additionally, several bug fixes and minor improvements have been
> >> incorporated.
> >>>
> >>> Questions about the new release or VuFind in general can be directed to
> >> Demian Katz, the lead developer of the project at Villanova University.
> >>>
> >>> Contact:
> >>> Demian Katz
> >>> demian.katz_at_villanova.edu
> >>> Villanova University
> >>> Falvey Memorial Library
> >>> 800 Lancaster Avenue
> >>> Villanova, PA 19085
> >>>
> >>> ###
Received on Mon Jan 28 2013 - 16:13:38 EST