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Jubilee Day

Jack BazuziManaging Director

VTLS Europe

10th Anniversary of NUKAT20th Anniversary of VTLS in Poland Cooperation of Polish VTLS/Virtua Libraries4 September 2012Warsaw 

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Notes on 20 Years of Cooperation with Polish Libraries

Then and Now

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1. Integrated Library Systems

2. Institutional Digital Repositories

3. RFID for Libraries

VTLS Has Three Core Businesses

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About VTLS

More than 900 systems worldwide

Serving more than 3000 libraries worldwide

Financially sound, privately held, fast growing

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About VTLS

ISO 9001 Registered Company

Over 30 years experience in library

automation

Strong commitment to libraries

Active in NISO, ALA and IFLA…

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Corporate Headquarters

Virginia Tech research park

Following VT incubation period

Independent, international, successful…

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Corporate Offices

Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Barcelona, Spain (EMEA)

New Delhi, India

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Melbourne, Australia

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VTLS International Advantage

Office of International Operations

Local and regional representation

Globalized (not localized) software design

Multi-lingual UI

Multi-script input, display, storage - UNICODE

Close relationship with local operations

Local supportLocal trainingFrequent visitsLong term partnerships

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VTLS has lead the industry in many things

MARC based system (1979)

Serials Holdings (1980’s)

Authority Control (late 1980s)

Unicode (1998)

RFID (2001)

FRBR (2003); FRBR SaaS (2009)

Commercial support of Open Source software for libraries:

Institutional Repositories (FEDORA) in 2004

VORTEX (OAH-PMH harvesting) in 2004

VALET for ETD’s (Web-submission) in 2005

Drupal integration (2011)

Consortium Database Architecture and Branding (2007)

VTLS Archival System (2008); Chamo (2009)

VITALMedia

Archive Management

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Prestigious Virtua Customers

Hong Kong Public Library

Polish academic libraries [30]

Polish Union Catalog [NUKat]

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Belgian University Collective

Swiss Library Collective [RERO]

All Tunisian University Libraries

Lund, Göteborg & Uppsala Universities

Casablanca Public Library

Queens Public Library

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National Libraries

Swiss National Library

National Library of Wales

National Library of Pakistan

National Library of Slovakia

National Library of Azerbaijan

National Library of Malaysia

National Library of India

National Library of Ireland

National Library of Morocco

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Comprehensive Suite of Products

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Virtua Profiler

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Language Editor

Easy to use facility requiring no programming Translate strings for multilingual support Support of many languages simultaneously including right to left languagesPolish, Welsh, CJK, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Urdu…

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RDA Sandbox

Special program designed to provide tools by which

libraries and librarians can practice creating MARC

records following the RDA standard.

Participants have access to a Virtua database with

over 250,000 MARC FRBRized linked records.

Participants are also be provided with a specially

customized Virtua Cataloging Client that will allow

them to create and modify their own RDA records in

the shared database.

Open to all libraries worldwide

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Three items of interest

1.Archives Management

2.Chamo

3.MozGo

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Developed with help of archivists of the NLW

Completely integrated in Virtua

Can also be used separately

ISAD (G) compliant

Archives Management

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Archives cataloguing is different

Archives, unlike printed material, cannot be

described in isolation

An archive requires understanding of both its

content and its context

Collocation is important [not just location]

Archival arrangement is displayed with multilevel

descriptions

Archives Management

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Material is nested and re-nested

Real links between records, not just display

Up to 26 levels

Similar to FRBR model

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Tree display

 

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What is Chamo Discovery?

Discovery toolYour databaseYour repositoryExternal sources

Social OPAC interface

Option to work with Drupal

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Chamo

Usher your library into the social media age

Why should my library care about social media

It’s a global phenomena

Social networking is the most popular online activity worldwide, surpassing emailing and web searching

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Example of features

Facet based searching

User lists – basis for many workflows like weeding; binding etc.

User reviews, comments and ratings

Links to Google and other bibliographic enhancements

Relevancy ranking

Search crumbs

User Self Registration

User Updates of Contact Information

Social Tagging

Chamo

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Smart phones for smart libraries

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A Look at VTLS in Poland

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Polish Libraries in Early1990s

Libraries static edifices WarehousesOld buildingsFragmented libraries

Dedicated and intelligent staffWishing to modernize but lacking resources

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Provided incentive and funding “Targeted funding” awarded to cogent proposals Market economy and choice

Enter Mellon Program

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Automated a number of important libraries immediatelyMore importantly it provided incentive for additional funding and other projectsSpark that lit the flameReadily accepted with enthusiasm and hard work

Dr. HollanderMrs. Ewa ChrzanMrs. Ewa LankoszDr. Czerminski

Mellon Program

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Early Challenges

Connections to computer networksPreparation of rules for creating authority filesConstruction of authority filesPreparation of unified cataloging rulesStaff training

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Cooperative Members 1992

Warsaw University Library (BUW)Jagiellonian Library (BJ)Gdańsk University Library BGUG)University of Mining and Metallurgy Library (BGAGH)

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Began building authority fileChose USMARC formatStandardization of headings

Names [personal, corporate, uniform and series titles]Subject [KABA*]

Ensured consistency of dataAbility to search and exchange

*Compatible with LCSH & RAMEAU

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If you build it, they will come

At first VTLS libraries onlyGrew to include others

500 librarians, 27 librariesUsing various software [VTLS, Horizon, Aleph, ProlibMany participating passively

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During intro to VTLS at Jagiellonian University Library [fall 1991]First in “Authority Control”What is that!Voice of a quiet lady in the back of the room explainedAnna Paluszkiewicz spoke and everyone listenedAnia went on speaking with others listening for a long timeUntil she passed away in January 2004

Enter VTLS

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November 1992 Gdansk, Warsaw and Krakow university libraries – first contracts Training teams came to PolandVisits to Blacksburg followed

Enter VTLS

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Authority catalog firstBibliographic catalog followedEnsured quality and purityNot the largest catalog we work with, but the purist

Enter NUKAT

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It was Ania Paluszkiewicz who insisted on building this strong foundationMet with some resistance & delayHad many entries for a single author…Ania: to keep it as is would cause more problems than no catalog

Enter NUKAT

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Union Catalog

1996 Proposed by Anna Paluszkiewicz1997 Mellon Foundation indicated interest in creating a “national catalog”1998 work on NUKAT began

National LibraryVTLS Libraries [gang of four]Horizon Libraries [Łodź, Toruń, and Poznań]

1998 Mellon Foundation awarded grant

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Union Catalog [2]

Happy ending?Disagreement on use of unified cataloging rules and the use of authority fileDelays, several meetings ensued Do you want to be happy or do you want to be right?Compromise: collect data w/o authority control in a separate temporary database

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Union Catalog [3]12 primary selection criteria

MARC21 formatauth-bib links,Independent treatment of authority records, Use of different character sets – ISO6937/2,

ALA, UTF8…Plurality of SH schemas [KABA, BN, MeSH…]Z39.50 protocol…

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Union Catalog [4]

No commercial system was foundVirtua came closestMarch 2001Virtua modifications began2 August 2001 SUN Enterprise 450 arrived3 August 2001 Virtua testbed installedMay 2002 new Virtua delivered

600 letters exchanged

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Happy Ending?

YesToday NUKAT enjoys wide loyalty and many followersLibraries transformedNo longer bricks and mortar but beautiful buildings with inviting spacesWith finding tools and connections to the world of scholarship

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Advantages - a reminder…

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Advantages - a reminder…

Strong local presence

VTLS Inc.

VTLS Europe S.L.

VTLS Americas Ltda.

VTLS Technologies Sdn Bhd

VTLS India

VTLS Australia

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Advantages - a reminder…

Quality control – ISO9000 compliant:

Smoother library operations

Improved usability

On-time deliveries

Higher customer satisfaction

Improved value

Continual improvement

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Advantages - a reminder…

Superior designCompletely new generation ILS

True client-server architecture

Clients to optimize productivity

Portals to optimize access

Full utilization of ORACLE

Web services enabled

Data dictionary

Written in C++

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Advantages - a reminder…

Flexible Virtua configured in a variety of ways to meet your needs

Easy system management

Personalized web interfaces

Open Complies with all major standards

Object oriented design provides openness and easy changes

Scalable Grows to meet your changing needs

Runs 1-2 user systems and was used to benchmark OCLC’s new WorldCAT (>45 million records)

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Advantages - a reminder…

Quick installations

Weeks not months (or years)

Quick upgrades

Days not weeks (months)

Why is “quick” important?

Take immediate advantage of new features

Efficient use of staff time

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Advantages - a reminder…

Partnership approach to solutions

Field testing

Users groups

Discovery tools partners

Delivery tools partners

Operations partners

Development partners

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Advantages - a reminder…

Multiple product lines

Assures major changes in any one market don’t derail the company

Global approach to information

UNICODE enabled

Multi-lingual, multi-script, bi-directional

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Advantages - a reminder…

Customer Service is IMPORTANT!

Focus on helping customers

Training programs in place – including training guides

Well documented (electronically searchable manuals)

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Advantages - a reminder…

Dedicated

30 years in business

26 years private company with same ownership

Long term consistency in management

VTLS is strong and financially sound

Strong R & D program

Not as focused on profit

Can invest as needed to stimulate growth

Here for the long term…