Solving the OPAC Problem

John Blyberg & Chris Barr

http://thesocialopac.net

Can you customize your opac NO

No personalization

Horrible logins!!

aadl.org sopac 1.0
Internet portal for online library experience
Not enough customizations
Drupal, tagging, reviews, ratings, comments
Issues with critical mass
Tags reviews not representative
Social data not searchable

SOPAC 2.0
Locum – discovery layer
Write an ILS connector for your ILS
Abstractions of connectors
Social data engine for libraries – Insurge
Shared social data between libraries much richer data set
Everything is done within the drupal framework
Search tags in the catalog and tags are part of keyword search
Reviews searchable
Can sort by ratings
Sort by when added
Sort by popularity
Very cool My Account stuff
Version 2.1 will be coming out soon
RSS feeds, multiple cards with an account

Popularity is based on number of holds placed via SOPAC

VuFind – Chris Barr

Library opacs are usable for librarians but not patrons

Too many different interfaces
Creates high learning curve

Advanced search is for advanced users

Top secret search syntax – last name, first name

Customization is not easy and sometimes impossible

No Web 2.0 social stuff

http://www.vufind.org

Easily replace your ILS without your patrons knowing it

Faceted results, author bios, tags, favorites, bookmarkable, book covers, faceted browsing

Availability – on results page!

Reviews from other sources
Amazon
Syndetics

Get a citation (MLA, APA) on the fly
Export Endnote, Refworks
Zotero compatible

Text or email info

WordPress style template for easy customizations – in next version

Used by
Villanova
National library of Australia
Yale – beta
CARLI system Illinois – beta