eGranary Catalog ProjecteGranary Catalog Project

Minglu WangIMLS Di it l Lib F llIMLS Digital Library Fellow

Spring, 2009

ThanksThanks• Cliff Missen

(Director of WiderNet Project)(Director of WiderNet Project)

• Brent Palmer(Information Architect of WiderNet Project)

• Angela Murillo, Jane Monson, and Joanna Lee(IMLS Fellows)

• Wendy Robertson and Jennifer WolfeWendy Robertson and Jennifer Wolfe(DLS Staffs)

• Paul Soderdahl(LIT Director)(LIT Director)

• Many Other People(Answered My Emails and Provided Valuable Information)

eGranary Catalog Project -- PrincipleseGranary Catalog Project Principles

• Open Catalog Data• Open Source Software

Current eGranary Catalog SystemCurrent eGranary Catalog System

Category

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Format

G C l P j DieGranary Catalog Project Diagram

Project Gutenberg

Harvest Crosswalk Aggregation Enhancement Storage User Interface

DMOZMODS/XML

RDF/XML

RDF/XMLQualified DC

CROSSWALK

SQL database bl

OCLC MARC/XML

CROSSWALK TOOL

tables QueryMap To

Biblios.netMARC/XML

MARC/XML Category/subcategory

OAI

eGranary legacy Catalog

eGranary Catalog Project Diagram

MMS: (XC Project ; iVia Softwares)

Project Gutenberg

/

Harvest Crosswalk Aggregation Enhancement Storage User Interface

Archive‐It

MODS/XML

1. RDF/XMLQualified DC2. MARC

CROSSWALK

SQL Relational d b

Internet Archive

Many Other

OAI‐PMH1. RDF/XML2. API

MARC/XMLOAI harvester

CROSSWALK TOOL

database tables

Query

MarcEditVuFind

Map To

DMOZ

Biblios.net

1.MARC/XML2. API

VuFind

Category/subcategory

OCLCeGranary legacy CatalogIPL’s

Librarian’s Internet Index

eXtensible Catalog Project Architecture

LessonsLessons• Open Source Software

– Wait for XC project to release their software– VuFind: incomplete instruction on installation

H d t Fi d• Hard to Find – OPEN catalog data

for WEBSITES– for WEBSITES• Coordinate a Project in an Busy Workplace

Set up regular meeting– Set up regular meeting– Bring people together