Reviving the OPAC: an overview of catalog overlay software products by Mary Aycock & Jee Davis University of Missouri-Columbia Link: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/catalogdept/presentations/mobius2008.ppt Aquabrowser Encore Endeca Primo Next gen catalogs Catalog overlay Catalog search overlay Facets From metadata sources Authority control Possible facets: · Author · Format · Online resources · Topic · Pub date · Geographic region · Genre · Time period · Language · Series · Locatioan · New book · Availability · Source · Lc class # Other expected features Relevancy ranking Spelling alternatives Tag clouds Rss feeds Federated searching ability to contribute user generated content Integration of vendor generated enriched content Aquabrowser Word discovery panel – visual cues with color University of Chicago example Encore Works with development partners including Springfield Greene Endeca McMaster University Primo Boston College Emory University Similar products Blacklight eXtensible Scriblio Solrpac Vufind worldCat Local proprietary software vs open source users needs? What’s wrong with you current catalog? How flexible is the product in choosing facets? What are the features that the product offers How/where are the data for the facets coming from? Questions – Where would overlay happen since we’re a consortium? Audience comment – Mobius looked at it, but it’s



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