Hi Tom,
A few more production/beta examples:
http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000356640/HierarchyTree
http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000358500/HierarchyTree
http://www.finna.fi/Collection/narc.VAKKA-319303.KA
Eoghan
On 28 January 2013 21:12, Demian Katz <demian.katz_at_villanova.edu> wrote:
> 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
> > >>>
> > >>> ###
>
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