WoePAC to WowPac
Roy Tennant
Kill off the term OPAC
Discovery system = public facing tool, public interface, doesn’t replace the ILS. Veneer on top of back office operations.
Worldcat Local is a different and particular type.
Sytems Highlighted: Koha, Evergreen, VUFind, LibraryFind, Worldcat Local.
Harvest records out of ILS for Discovery system, which queries ILS for circ info.
Want to replace your ILS or just the public interface?
VUFind from Villanova University. Tabs for info, holdings, toc, comments, and reviews.
LibraryFind from Oregon State. Metasearch tools for articles with books.
Kate Sheehan from Darien Library
LibraryThing for Libraries in Danbury
Radical overhaul is difficult
Library Thing is a niche social network for booklovers - LibraryThing for Libraries uses the data in a local catalog.
It’s good and a quick fix, but good enough? No single search box. No integrated non-book data. No feeds.
Library Thing takes data from what people have read and not what they have bought.
Tag cloud shows other books in the local catalog and searches by isbn.
Good for Readers’ Advisory.
Look for searches by isbn for stats.