Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
David Kane wrote: Anyone got any suggestions? I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search programs? How about YaCy (see http://yacy.net/oai.html). Or did you mean metasearch instead of real federated search? Jakob -- Jakob Voß jakob.v...@gbv.de, skype: nichtich Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG) / Common Library Network Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1, 37073 Göttingen, Germany +49 (0)551 39-10242, http://www.gbv.de
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
Theoretically, it sounds like Xerxes could maybe be rewritten to make PazPar2 an alternate metasearch engine, instead of Metalib as it uses now. The intended goal of Xerxes and PazPar2 complicate each other nicely and would work together well. Just another one to add to the list of cool things the library technology sector could do if only we had more developer time to do it. Jonathan Sebastian Hammer wrote: Hey guys, It's a bit of an apples and oranges thing. Pazpar2 is not, technically speaking, trying to be a complete metasearch application on its own. We're a toolkit shop: Pazpar2 is an attempt to package the core logic of a metasearch system into a piece of middleware with a WSAPI. It can broadcast searches (SRU/SRW/Z39.50), normalize results, do deduplication, ranking, facets, sorting, etc., all in a fairly data-model agnostic way, and fast. It can be configured using static XML files, or dynamically using the WSAPI. Someone using the JS client-side library and simple UI example that comes with the kit can build a pretty nifty metasearcher. It's used by a variety of commercial and OSS projects in different ways. crass_commercialismWe have a variety of other services and tools that work with Pazpar2 to provide higher-order functionality, like a web-based admin console (with its own underlying WSAPI), a substantial library of database profiles, and a connector technology for hitting HTML-based interfaces, etc./crass_commercialism. With everything we do, the focus is on modularity and flexibility, so the folks we work with tend to be vendors, consortia, or libraries that are looking for a 'project' approach to creating a more custom-fitted kind of discovery system. Folks looking for something that just works out of the box are probably better off looking elsewhere. I'm somewhat envious of people who make those kinds of systems, but it's not for me.. I like making tools for coders. --Sebastian On 5/5/10 1:18 PM, Karen Coombs wrote: All three search for articles. When I last spoke to the IndexData staff in December they were continuing work on Pazpar2. Its in my opinion the most complicated to implement from a configuration perspective but its being used a at least 3-5 projects that I know of. Perhaps someone from IndexData could provide more information. Karen On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM, David Kanedk...@wit.ie wrote: Thanks Karen, My understanding is that Dbwiz is no longer being supported, or something, which is unfortunate. Do all of these do article-level search? David. On 5 May 2010 16:25, Karen Coombslibrarywebc...@gmail.com wrote: David, There is also Pazpar2 from IndexData - http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 and dBWiz (which is pretty old) - http://dbwiz.lib.sfu.ca/dbwiz/ We implemented LibraryFind and used it for several years at University of Houston. I left there in January and think that they were looking at other options like Summon. Karen On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:52 AM, David Kanedk...@wit.ie wrote: Anyone got any suggestions? I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search programs? Thanks in advance, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212 -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
Anyone got any suggestions? I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search programs? Thanks in advance, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
David, There is also Pazpar2 from IndexData - http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 and dBWiz (which is pretty old) - http://dbwiz.lib.sfu.ca/dbwiz/ We implemented LibraryFind and used it for several years at University of Houston. I left there in January and think that they were looking at other options like Summon. Karen On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:52 AM, David Kane dk...@wit.ie wrote: Anyone got any suggestions? I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search programs? Thanks in advance, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
Thanks Karen, My understanding is that Dbwiz is no longer being supported, or something, which is unfortunate. Do all of these do article-level search? David. On 5 May 2010 16:25, Karen Coombs librarywebc...@gmail.com wrote: David, There is also Pazpar2 from IndexData - http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 and dBWiz (which is pretty old) - http://dbwiz.lib.sfu.ca/dbwiz/ We implemented LibraryFind and used it for several years at University of Houston. I left there in January and think that they were looking at other options like Summon. Karen On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:52 AM, David Kane dk...@wit.ie wrote: Anyone got any suggestions? I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search programs? Thanks in advance, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212 -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
All three search for articles. When I last spoke to the IndexData staff in December they were continuing work on Pazpar2. Its in my opinion the most complicated to implement from a configuration perspective but its being used a at least 3-5 projects that I know of. Perhaps someone from IndexData could provide more information. Karen On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM, David Kane dk...@wit.ie wrote: Thanks Karen, My understanding is that Dbwiz is no longer being supported, or something, which is unfortunate. Do all of these do article-level search? David. On 5 May 2010 16:25, Karen Coombs librarywebc...@gmail.com wrote: David, There is also Pazpar2 from IndexData - http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 and dBWiz (which is pretty old) - http://dbwiz.lib.sfu.ca/dbwiz/ We implemented LibraryFind and used it for several years at University of Houston. I left there in January and think that they were looking at other options like Summon. Karen On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:52 AM, David Kane dk...@wit.ie wrote: Anyone got any suggestions? I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search programs? Thanks in advance, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212 -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
