vital fedora uk user group inaugural meeting 9 may 2006 jack bazuzi managing director vtls europe

VITAL VITAL

Fedora UK User GroupFedora UK User Group

Inaugural Meeting Inaugural Meeting

9 May 20069 May 2006

Jack BazuziJack Bazuzi

Managing DirectorManaging Director

VTLS EuropeVTLS Europe

Visionary Technology in Library Solutions

Our job is to create visionary solutions

for libraries and information centers

About VTLS


1. Integrated Library Systems

2. Institutional Digital Repositories

3. RFID

VTLS Has Three Core Businesses


ISO 9000 Registered Company

Over 25 years experience in library automation

Corporate Member of NISO, ALA and IFLA

Member Fedora Advisory Group

Member Fedora Development Group

About VTLS


Corporate Headquarters

Virginia Tech research park

Following VT incubation period

Independent, for-profit, international, successful…


Corporate Offices

Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Barcelona (EMEA)

New Delhi

Rio de Janeiro

Kuala Lumpur

United Kingdom (Oxford*)


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VITAL / Fedora Relationship


FedoraFedora offers a variety of features that VITAL builds on to provide added value:

Constituent Parts/Datastreams

OAI Metadata Harvesting

XML Submission and Storage

Validation

Versioning/Preservation

Access Control & Authentication

Extensibility…


VITAL’s Added ValueVITAL’s Added Value

Indexing Capabilities

UIs

Special viewers

Default cataloging templates

Stylesheets

Support, training , documentation…


VITAL’s Added Value - VITAL’s Added Value - InterfacesInterfaces

1. Vital Manager

Admin / cataloging client

To import objects into repository

Search

Preview

Modify



2. Public Access Portal

Web-based

Sophisticated search techniques

Hierarchical retrieving

Sorting

Viewing

Thumbnails, magnified viewing areas…



3. Staff Access Portal

Web-based

Admin tools for content management

Interactive stop / start of server

Create / modify indexes

Define content models for objects


VITAL’s Added Value - VITAL’s Added Value - ViewersViewers

Image Navigator

High resolution viewer

JPEG2000

MrSID

Document Navigator

Multipage objects


VITAL’s Added Value…VITAL’s Added Value…

SRU/SRW enabled

Exposure to search engines (Google, Yahoo…)

Handles Server (automatic)

Templates for easy cataloging

Default stylesheets (EAD, MARCXML…_)

Submission tool (VALET)

Easy handling of collections


VITAL’s Added Value…VITAL’s Added Value…

Multilingual UI

UNICODE compliance

Support for dynamic creation/export of content citations (EndNote, text…)

Training

Documentation

Support…


VITAL ComponentsVITAL Components

VITAL Manager

Public VITAL Access Portal

Admin VITAL Access Portal

VALET - Web Self-Submission Tool

VTLS Batch Loader Tool

Handles Server (CNRI)

SRU / SRW Support


Functions of VITAL ManagerFunctions of VITAL Manager

Advanced Collection Management Functions

XML/METS/FOXML Metadata Storage, Linking, Retrieval, Import & Export

Dublin Core & other XML File Editing & Indexing

Fedora™ Digital Object Search Tool

Automatic Metadata Creation and Linking


VITAL Repository VITAL Repository ManagementManagement

Supports Fedora™ multiple repositories

Collections can be dispersed across locations

Repositories can contain diverse digital object types

VITAL facilitates easy loading & searching of repositories


XML Metadata StorageXML Metadata Storage

Standards basedXML/METS/FOXML SchemaDublin Core EADMARCAMICO XML FormatAdditional formats can be added quickly

Metadata may be exported in XML for use in other applications


VITAL CatalogingVITAL Cataloging

Cataloging with XMLSpy Software

Dublin Core, EAD, and MARC templates provided

Other 3rd Party XML editing tools may be used.


VITAL Image ManagementVITAL Image ManagementEasy import of digital objects and images

Tracked Folders

VITAL Import Tool

Batch Tool

Digital object versioning

Automatically creates metadata - including JHOVE

Full Text Extraction for PDF’s, MSWord, RTF, and HTML files


VITAL Manager ClientVITAL Manager Client


VITAL Manager ClientVITAL Manager Client

The VITAL Manager Client allows for easy navigation and searching of your digital object repository


VITAL Manager ClientVITAL Manager ClientDatastreams can be edited using linked applications – Metadata datastreams such as Dublin Core are modified by integrated XML editors such as XMLSpy or XMetal


VITAL Access PortalVITAL Access PortalSRU/SRW – SRW gateway connection for search from ILS or Federated Search

Sophisticated display for Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), MODS, MIX, Dublin Core and MARCXML records

Support for special image types, audio and video

Document Navigator Interface

JPEG2000 Image Viewing software

Hi-Res Image Navigator


VITAL Access PortalVITAL Access Portal


VALETVALET

Customizable, web-based UI:

Allow remote users to submit content into a VITAL or FEDORATM digital object repository

Handle submission of any file format

Allows contributors to enter metadata into configurable, form-based templates

Allow for a staged submission process

Review, edit, delete, approve submitted content prior to ingest


VALETVALET

Pre-configured templates to allow for capture of relevant metadata for many standard content types including:

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Journal Articles

Working Papers

Book Chapters

Conference Papers

Images


VALETVALET

Offers pre-configured metadata mappings into MARCXML and Dublin Core formats

Is fully interoperable with VITAL for:

Managing submitted content

Automatic indexing of submitted content

Formatted display of EAD, TEI, MODS, MARCXML

Assigning Handles

Server-side full-text extraction of PDFs and other text files submitted, providing anywhere keyword searches


VALET for ETDsVALET for ETDsA subset of VALET that is supplied with VITAL

A complete standalone application

Bundled with FedoraTM Digital Object Repository

Is a free, open-source solution for web self-submission of Electronic Theses & Dissertations.

A ‘best of breed’ solution for web submission of ETDs that builds upon our collaborative experience with:

NDLTD Project at Virginia Tech

ADT Program

ARROW Project


VALET for ETDs (Sample)VALET for ETDs (Sample)


Login ScreenLogin Screen


Deposit FormDeposit Form


Deposit Form (cont.)Deposit Form (cont.)


Field Field Requirements/ValidationRequirements/Validation


Customizable Help FilesCustomizable Help Files


PreviewPreview


Preview (cont.)Preview (cont.)


Upload FilesUpload Files


Verify DepositVerify Deposit


ETD Deposit CompletedETD Deposit Completed


Reviewer LoginReviewer Login


Review StagesReview Stages


Review Stage 1Review Stage 1


View/Modify dataView/Modify data


Add Reviewer NoteAdd Reviewer Note


Approval ConfirmationApproval Confirmation


Review Stage 3Review Stage 3


Publish ConfirmationPublish Confirmation


ETD Publish CompleteETD Publish Complete


VITAL – Fedora Plans VITAL – Fedora Plans CoordinateCoordinate

VTLS staff/customers are active in Fedora community:

Carl Grant, VTLS President sits on Advisory Group

Joe Liversedge, VITAL Lead Developer sits on Development Group

Coordinating development of content models

VITAL builds on XACML features of FEDORA

Work to minimize overlap and maximize coordination

VTLS contributes back open source components

Charlottesville is down the road from Blacksburg


VITAL/FEDORA PlatformVITAL/FEDORA Platform

ServerLINUX or SOLARISDatabases

MySQL (recommended)McKoiOracle or Oracle XE

Client PCWindows 2000 or XP

BrowserIEFirefox


VITAL New CustomersMonash University

National Library of Australia

Swinburne University

University of New South Wales

Princeton University

University of Delaware

Catholic University of Louvain

Central Queensland University

University of Western Sydney

University of South Australia

Southern Queensland University

National Library of Wales

Oxford University

http://arrowprod.lib.monash.edu.au/

http://vital-test.nla.gov.au/

http://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/

http://arrow.unsw.edu.au/

http://arrow.unsw.edu.au/

http://mis123.mis.udel.edu:8888/access/

http://mis123.mis.udel.edu:8888/access/


Packages Available

The VITAL Package

Fedora™ open source software (free)

VTLS Fedora OS components (free)

VTLS VITAL software

VTLS installation, training, support, integration and documentation


Packages Available

VITAL-Only Package

VTLS VITAL software, with features and workflows

VTLS installation, training, and support

FEDORA-Only Package

Fedora maintenance, upgrades, training, support.


Packages Available

VITAL Hosted Solution

VTLS provides ASP services for your repository services.

VTLS Professional Digital Imaging Services

Imaging services and project consulting can be combined with any of the above packages to provide a solution tailored to your needs


VITAL - What are you VITAL - What are you buying?buying?

You support a concept, product and vendor that:Believes that Open Source options offer lower cost solutions for libraries.Actively support the Open Source movementContributes back to the FEDORA open source solution Provides support, training, documentation & hosting services

A product that builds on top of the open source foundation:

VITAL ManagerVITAL PortalVALET - Web Self-Submission ToolVTLS Batch Loader ToolHandles Server (CNRI) Google Indexing and ExposureSRU / SRW SupportAnd much, much more!

Questions?

www.vtls.com

http://www.vtls.com/

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