On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Pascal Vincent Calarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks -- > > Hopefully this hasn't been asked a lot before on the list; I scanned the > threads in the archive and didn't see anything obvious, so here goes. > > We have a small, four-library consortium that is looking for a separate > resource discovery environment to supplement our existing Aleph 18.01 > ILS. We aren't looking for a replacement ILS at this point. Other > solutions we are evaluating include VUFind, Primo, Endeca, Encore, > Koha. What is not obvious from looking at the Evergreen information > that is available is whether it is easy to strip off the indexing engine > and the web interface, and feed Evergreen a variety of MARC, DC, and > other data.
It's not really feasible to use Evergreen as a pure discovery layer. The search infrastructure isn't built to be a standalone system, and batch import/update of records and holdings is not something we've optimized for, since the goal is an entire ILS. I'll go out on a limb here and say that the same is true of Koha, as it's designed to be a full ILS. > > Has anyone tried this, how hard is it, and any other information you > might suggest is most welcome. > My suggestion would be to look closely at VUFind, Blacklight and even FacBackOPAC ( http://code.google.com/p/fac-back-opac/ -- built by our very own Dan Scott). Hope that helps! --miker > Many thanks in advance! > > - pascal > > ------------------------------------- > Pascal V. Calarco, MLIS > Head, Library Systems > University Libraries of Notre Dame/ > Michiana Academic Library Consortium > Notre Dame, IN USA 46556-5629 > http://www.library.nd.edu/ > tel.: 574-631-3409 fax: 574-631-6772 > -------------------------------------- > > -- Mike Rylander | VP, Research and Design | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
