We have recently had feedback from Ex Libris that they are not planning support for third party discovery tools for a couple of years. We were asking about using Blacklight. They seem open to the idea in principle, but are clearly aiming to promote Primo as the sole means of access for a while yet. If anyone has attempted to layer a third party tool over Alma, though, it would be interesting to hear about.
Regards, Chris **************************************** Chris Awre Head of Information Management Library and Learning Innovation University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX www.hull.ac.uk<http://www.hull.ac.uk> T: 01482 465441 M: 07545 422674 Skype: clja1967 Twitter: clawre On 4 Dec 2013, at 04:00, CODE4LIB automatic digest system wrote: Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:06:42 -0500 From: Ken Varnum <var...@umich.edu<mailto:var...@umich.edu>> Subject: Discovery layer for Alma Has anyone built (or is working on) a local discovery layer on top of Ex Libris' Alma? I'm thinking of VuFind or other front ends to the Alma API. -- -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor var...@umich.edu<mailto:var...@umich.edu> | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:31:10 +0000 From: Demian Katz <demian.k...@villanova.edu<mailto:demian.k...@villanova.edu>> Subject: Re: Discovery layer for Alma I haven't heard about any VuFind/Alma projects yet, but I'm copying this thread to vufind-tech in case anyone there knows something that I don't. - Demian -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Varnum Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:07 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Discovery layer for Alma Has anyone built (or is working on) a local discovery layer on top of Ex Libris' Alma? I'm thinking of VuFind or other front ends to the Alma API. -- -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor var...@umich.edu<mailto:var...@umich.edu> | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:21:36 +0000 From: Demian Katz <demian.k...@villanova.edu<mailto:demian.k...@villanova.edu>> Subject: FW: [VuFind-Tech] [CODE4LIB] Discovery layer for Alma Passing this back to CODE4LIB from vufind-tech.... - Demian -----Original Message----- From: Alan Rykhus [mailto:alan.ryk...@mnsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 2:20 PM To: vufind-t...@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:vufind-t...@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [VuFind-Tech] [CODE4LIB] Discovery layer for Alma Hello, Alma does not have any sort of OPAC. If you run Alma, you search your library records through Primo. So you could say there is already one in place. I'm not sure how patron empowerment works. I would assume that if there is such a thing in Alma, it would use the Restful API just as in Aleph. al On 12/03/2013 10:31 AM, Demian Katz wrote: I haven't heard about any VuFind/Alma projects yet, but I'm copying this thread to vufind-tech in case anyone there knows something that I don't. - Demian -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Varnum Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:07 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Discovery layer for Alma Has anyone built (or is working on) a local discovery layer on top of Ex Libris' Alma? I'm thinking of VuFind or other front ends to the Alma API. -- -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor var...@umich.edu<mailto:var...@umich.edu> | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Vufind-tech mailing list vufind-t...@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:vufind-t...@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Vufind-tech mailing list vufind-t...@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:vufind-t...@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-tech
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