A4: Bringing the Library to the User: The Practice David Lindahl University of Rochester Libraries

Next Generation Catalogs Complete Faceted Not just a destination Community participation Flexible privacy and filtering Open

eXtensible Catalog (XC) Alternative way to reveal library collections to users Integrate library content into other systems Open source, collaborative

eXtensible Catalog (XC) User interface: faceting, Web 2.0 Support for local development Handle multiple metadata schemas Informed by user research

eXtensible Catalog (XC) Phase 1 ( ) –Funding: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation – Scholarly Communications Program –Duration: 1 year –Develop a project plan Phase 2 ( ) –Build and deploy XC software –Conduct User Research –Develop a governance structure

XC Advisory Board Andrew Pace (North Carolina State University) Karen Calhoun (OCLC) Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress) John Blyberg (Darien CT Public Library)

XC Implementation Partners Notre Dame University CARLI – Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois Rochester Institute of Technology University at Buffalo Cornell University

XC User Research Partners Cornell University Ohio State University Yale University

C4 Prototype Demonstration

XC Vision Address the needs of many libraries Flexible, extensible software Use XC “as is” or build on top of it