1. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project Funding Agency: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Principal Investigators: Ron Dow, Dean of River Campus Libraries Jennifer Bowen, Catalog Department Head Nancy Foster, Lead Anthropologist David Lindahl, Director of Digital Library Initiatives

2. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries What is XC?  Alternative way to reveal library collections to users  Open-source  Faceted search interface  Platform for local development  Handles multiple metadata schemas  Digital repository

3. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries What is XC? Platform  Metadata formats  Digital objects  API  Web services  Talks to your ILS User Application  Web user interface  Customizable  Search interface w/ faceted browsing  Web 2.0 features eXtensible Catalog ILS Build your own web application

4. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries What is XC (Phase 1)?  Funding Agency: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation  Program: Scholarly Communications  Duration: 1 year  Goal: Develop a well-informed project plan with sufficient detail to enable us to build the XC system in phase 2

5. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries Building an XC community  A “Community of interest”  XC Partner Meeting, Feb. 8-9, 2007  Partner categories  Implementation partners  Advisory partners  Component partners  User study partners

6. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries Demo of C4 Prototype

7. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries Why build XC?  Existing systems are outdated  Users have trouble accessing library resources across multiple silos  Need an affordable solution  Track record of successful UR developments  Exciting developments elsewhere too… …What if we coordinated our efforts?

8. University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries Questions?