Description
Discovery Interfaces aim at providing easier access to all resources of a library. Many different software solutions that address library resource discovery are available today. To name only a few: Blacklight, Serials Solutions Aquabrowser and Summon, VuFind, Ex Libris Primo, OCLC Touchpoint and Worldcat, eXtensible Catalog, home grown projects like Beluga or Summa etc. They differ in service models, functionality, technical approaches, business models and limitations. In this workshop, we will look at the characteristics of these offerings and compare them with users’ needs and libraries’ requirements. As a result we will publish a document summarizing our requirements and a comparison of different solutions.
