Solving the OPAC Problem
Posted in Notes from the Field on Oct 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
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 [...]

