Sophia Katsarska Eighth AMICAL Conference Beirut, April 2011 Using PRIMO for creating NALIS Union Catalog – a gateway to Bulgarian academic libraries Sophia Katsarska Eighth AMICAL Conference Beirut, April 2011
NALIS project (www.nalis.bg) Started June 2009 Founders NALIS members - 13 Records – 774 000
NALIS major goals Union catalog Integration Collaboration Digitization Retroconversion Training Quality
Exlibris Primo Discovery and Delivery Solution Connect end users with the information they need Provides one-stop shop Control of the search options, display of results and relevance ranking Multilingual and multicultural environment Supports a range of consortial models
Interface Flexible, allows extensive library customization Basic template Different “look and feel” to a different member within a consortium
Primo Search Single search box A keyword search Advanced search capabilities Relevancy ranking Duplicate records merged together
Results list Availability information Status, Call number and Location information Link to external services – Amazon, WorldCat Description – abstract and table of content Reviews and tags
Faceted navigation and search refinement Facets defined by the library itself Customization of facet categories Peer-review filter
Remote Search View Separate tab Built-in Federated search Preselected “quicksets” Full-text filter SFX deliver full-text
DigiTool incorporation
Additional features Spelling suggestions Embedding FRBRization Emailing, printing, exporting options Alerts and RSS feeds E-shelf and Full My account integration Statistics
Behind the Scenes Customer profile Guidance and technical support Training and documentation Records in XML Enhanced PNX Updates
Future Expanding Embedding Digitization Customization Individual branding Promotion
Conclusion Respond to users’ needs for an easy, fast and effective search and discovery of information in local and remote sources Designed to cope with consortium set-ups Built in widely used applications Accessible using mobile devices Functionality expected by today’s information seekers.
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