2 Next Generation Catalogs Complete Faceted Not just a destination Community participation Flexible privacy and filtering Open.

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Next Generation Catalogs

• Complete• Faceted• Not just a destination• Community participation• Flexible privacy and filtering• Open

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eXtensible Catalog (XC)

• Alternative way to reveal library collections to users

• Integrate library content into other systems

• Open source, collaborative

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eXtensible Catalog (XC)

• User interface: faceting, Web 2.0• Support for local development• Handle multiple metadata schemas• Informed by user research

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eXtensible Catalog (XC)

• Phase 1 (2006-2007)– Funding: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

– Scholarly Communications Program– Duration: 1 year– Develop a project plan

• Phase 2 (2007-2009)– Build and deploy XC software– Conduct User Research– Develop a governance structure

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XC Phase 1: C4 Prototype Demo

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XC Phase 2 Activities

• Develop a metadata application profile

• Conduct user research• Implement the XC software• Seek out additional partners• Governance and Sustainability• Dissemination

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XC Phase 2: Advisory Board

• Andrew Pace (North Carolina State University)

• Karen Calhoun (OCLC)• Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress)• John Blyberg (Darien CT Public

Library)

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XC Phase 2: Implementation Partners• Notre Dame University• CARLI – Consortium of Academic

and Research Libraries in Illinois• Rochester Institute of Technology• Oregon State University• Georgia PINES• Cornell University• University at Buffalo

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XC Phase 2: User Research Partners• Cornell University• Ohio State University• Yale University

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Metadata ServicesHub

Metadata Cache

Temporary storage ofpackages of metadata

along with sources

ILS

Other metadata repository

Institutional repository

NormalizationTerminologyRelationshipsTransforms

Sources for existinglibrary

metadata

XC User Interface

Platforms

Drupal

Blackboard

Sakai

XC-schema metadatadelivered to

client platforms

XC User Interfaces

Out of the boxXC user Interface

XC CatalogingUser Interface

XC AdministrationUser Interface

Library resourcesorganized by course

Library resourcesorganized by course

HomegrownHomegrown

(PHP or Java)

XC Phase 2: System Diagram

User and staffgenerated metadatadelivered to the MSH

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Phase 2 System Diagram Summary • Multiple sources for existing

metadata• Metadata Service Hub• Multiple user platforms and

interfaces

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XC Vision

• Address the needs of many libraries• Flexible, extensible software• Use XC “as is” or build on top of it

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More information on XC:www.extensiblecatalog.info

Jennifer [email protected] [email protected]