1. 1 1 What's new from VTLS… Jack Bazuzi Managing Director VTLS Europe Polish Users’ Group 15 - 16 June 2011 Warszawa

2. 2 2 Dzień dobry

3. 3 3 Dziękuję bardzo… Warsaw University Library Madam Director – Mrs. Ewa Kobierska- Maciuszko National Union Catalog [NUKat] Madam Director – Mrs. Maria Burchard PUG Steering Committee Madam President – Mrs. Ewa Chrzan PUG Board of Directors Mrs. Ewa Kobierska-Maciuszko

4. 4 4 About us… Gemma Ros Operations Manager, VTLS Europe Jack Bazuzi Managing Director, VTLS Europe

5. 5 5 Why we are here… Bring VTLS Company News Express support and solidarity Introduce new services Help with plans for Chamo Assist with migration planning Help you implement Acquisitions Listen to your needs

6. 6 6 Our job is to create visionary solutions for libraries and information centers About VTLS…

7. 7 7 1.Integrated Library Systems 2.Institutional Digital Repositories 3.RFID for libraries VTLS Has Three Core Businesses

8. 8 8 More than 900 systems worldwide Serving more than 3000 libraries Financially sound, privately held, fast growing About VTLS…

9. 9 9 Visionary Technology in Library Solutions VTLS has lead the industry in many things. Examples: MARC based system (1979); Serials Holdings (1980’s); Unicode (1998); RFID (2001); FRBR (2003); FRBR SaaS (2009) Commercial support of Open Source software for libraries: Institutional Repositories (FEDORA) in 2004 VORTEX (OAH-PMH harvesting) in 2004 VALET for ETD’s (Web-submission) in 2005 FEDORA components in 2005 - SRU/SRW, HANDLES, JHOVE Metadata extraction, Exposure to Web indexing crawlers. Consortium Database Architecture and Branding (2007) VTLS Archival System (2008); Chamo (2009) and Chivas (2010)

10. 10 ISO 9000 Registered Company Over 30 years experience in library automation Active in NISO, ALA and IFLA… About VTLS…

11. 11 VTLS HQ in Blacksburg, VA, USA

12. 12 Virginia Tech research park Following VT incubation period Independent, international, successful… About VTLS Inc.

13. 13 Corporate Offices Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Barcelona (EMEA) New Delhi, India Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Melbourne, Australia

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15. 15 EMEA Gulf Australia Asia Brazil N.A. Poland USA India Malaysia VTLS Users’ Group Organizations Spain Nigeria Siberia

16. 16 VTLS EMEA Users’ Group Tunisia – October 2010

17. 17 VTLS Malaysian Users’ Group Meeting

18. 18 VTLS North America Users’ Group Meeting - May 2011

19. 19 25 th VTLS EMEA Users' Group Meeting Join US Gothenburg, Sweden 7-9 September 2011

20. 20 Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library [Virtua] Welcoming new libraries [Poland]

21. 21 Catholique University Lille [Chamo] Paris 7 University [SW & Consulting] International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy [Virtua, Chivas] Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research [Consulting] Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico [Virtua SaaS] Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria [Virtua] University of Calabar, Nigeria [Virtua] Ibra College of Technologty, Oman [Virtua] VTLS Continues to Grow [EMEA]

22. 22 University of Gdansk, Polish Academy of Sciences, NUKaT, Warsaw University [Chamo] Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library [Virtua] Tomsk State University [VITAL] CERC, Spain [Virtua SaaS] Palau de la Música, Spain [Virtua] Museu Marítim de Barcelona [Virtua SaaS] Institut del teatre, Spain [Virtua SaaS] Reial Acadèmia de les Ciències I Arts de Barcelona [Virtua SaaS] Ministry of Culture, Youth & Community Development, UAE [VISUALIZER] VTLS Growth [EMEA]

23. 23 National Library Malaysia Taylor's University Wawasan Open University Disted College Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) Royal Malaysian Navy TAJ International College VTLS Growth [Malaysia]

24. 24 Chamo VCOM Blinn College Grand Canyon University Delaware County Community College Smyth-Bland Regional Library Yukon Mining and Energy Libraries Richmond Public Library Cumberland County Public Library Indian & Northern Affairs Goteborg University US Forest Service VTLS Growth [USA]

25. 25 VCOM (VITALMedia, Chivas) RERO (Archives Management) ISSN (Special Development) Queens Library (Special Development) Delaware County Community College (Virtua) VTLS Growth [USA]

26. 26 Libraries in Focus 3 New Key Projects 1.Hong Kong Public Library 2.Queens Library 3.Library of Congress

27. 27 1. Hong Kong Public Library 66 libraries and 10 mobile libraries 2 million bibliographic records 12.5 million volumes 60 million circulations per year [one of the world’s busiest] 1000 staff over 600 in-library OPAC stations and 1600 concurrent external web users Languages - Chinese and English

28. 28 1. Hong Kong Public Library Features and new developments 127 separate Functional Design Documents

29. 29 2. Queens [New York] Public Library Bibliographic records = 1.7 million Items = 7.1 million Staff = 1000 OPAC stations = 2000 Circulation count = 23 million Number of branches = 71 libraries

30. 30 Queens Public Library User interface in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Hebrew Multi-lingual collections in more than 25 languages: Spanish (117,000 items) Chinese (108,000 ) Hangul (30,000) Russian (17,000) South Asian Languages (25,000 items in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu and Punjabi).

31. 31 Queens Public Library Development partnerships Drupal

32. Why VTLS? VTLS Technical advantages: Embedded Oracle database integration provides an ‘open data’ platform allowing integration with Crystal reports and SAP’s BW reporting UNICODE compliant from the database to the web interface allowing for support of over a hundred languages Extensive Digital Asset Management system called VITAL using Fedora Commons as data repository Strong third party support through SIP2 Copyright Queens Library 2010

33. Why VTLS? (continued) VTLS Business advantages A proven industry innovator for FRBR, RDA, RFID, and more A worldwide business supporting many different languages A complete infrastructure to support customizations while maintaining one code base Technically astute and easy to work with Copyright Queens Library 2010

34. 34 3. Library of Congress LC's overseas offices have the mission of seeking and acquiring materials from different countries LC contracted with VTLS to automate all of its field offices Replace the multiple existing systems used to automate the operations of LC's overseas offices

35. 35 Library of Congress Functions for managing and tracking outgoing shipments to LC and member libraries Introduce web interfaces to allow member libraries and local vendors to interact with the system Support a unique automated ordering process New Delhi Jakarta, Islamabad, Cairo, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro

36. 36 Current Project Delivery Schedule Université catholique de Lille Université de Paris 7, Denis- Diderot Casablanca Public Library [MMHII] – Morocco National Library Ireland Winneba University - Ghana NUKat, Warsaw, Gdansk, PAS – Chamo Museu Maritim de Barcelona Palau de la Musica - Barcelona RACAB – Barcelona IFAD - Italy Institut del teatre – Barcelona UANL – Mexico Ministry of Culture – Dubai Comenius – Reporting tool CERC – Barcelona Rivers State University of Science and Technology – Nigeria

37. 37 Development Schedule

38. 38 Major Product Releases Version 2009.3 released in September 2009 78 New Features Version 2009.4 released in December 2009 78 New Features Version 2010.1 released in April 2010* 80 New Features Version 2010.2 released in July 2010

39. 39 Major Product Releases Version 2010.3 released in November 2010 51 Enhancements Version 2010.4 released in January 2011 68 Enhancements68 Enhancements [release notes well done] Version 2011.1.1 released in June 2011 76 Enhancements Version 2011.2 to be released in July, 2011

40. 40 Virtua in Poland Most in 48.x Some in 2009.x Some in 2010.x Planned this summer 2010.1.3.3

41. 41 You are here*** Version 2009.3 released in September 2009 Version 2009.4 released in December 2009 Version 2010.1 released in April 2010*** Version 2010.2 released in July 2010 Version 2010.3 released in November 2010 Version 2010.4 released in January 2011 Version 2011.1.1 released in June 2011 Version 2011.2 to be released in July, 2011

42. 42 Acquisitions in Poland Some of you have it already Some may wish to add it Integrated Sophisticated Complete Presentation of Gdansk experience Let us know if we can help

43. 43 Development Schedule

44. 44 Chamo Development Details by Gemma

45. 45 Chamo in Poland Special offer to Polish libraries Plan A [30 June] – 65% Plan B [31 December] – 40% Plan C [31 March 2011] – 30% Standard price – 15%

46. 46 What's new from VTLS…

47. 47 Five things … 1.RDA and RDA SaaS [RDA Sandbox project] 2.Drupal and Drupal Consulting 3.Discovery Tools and Chivas 4.VITALMedia Project 5.VTLS Project for Multi-Lingual Subject Headings

48. 48 RDA What is RDA? R esource D escription and A ccess What is Resource Description and Access? Cataloging rules Replacement for AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2 nd edition Was originally called AACR3 Information on RDA can be found at http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html

49. 49 RDA RDA is coming and VTLS is on the leading edge of supporting this new standard Webinars offered throughout the year and customers are encouraged to attend

50. 50 Why is RDA Needed? Simplify the cataloging rules For international applicability To add consistency Address current problems Because users want the rules to be principle based It is designed for the digital environment and will not be tied to a specific format, such as MARC21.

51. 51 A place to test/practice/play with RDA Implementation Scenario One Full Cataloging capability Original cataloging Copy cataloging FRBRizing of MARC records Authority control Item records RDA Sandbox

52. 52 Access to a RDA/FRBR database and a Virtua client 500,000 FRBRized records Specialized documentation Started mid-September 2010 Scheduled to end May 2011 – extended! Lets you learn and experiment without affecting your own database Learn RDA by playing in our Sandbox! Access: http://rdasandbox.vtls.com /http://rdasandbox.vtls.com / RDA Sandbox

53. 53 Comments from users “… helped us to understand more about RDA and FRBR” “… used it when teaching classes …. The students were rather fascinated to be able to see the full WEMI structure in the database.” “In my opinion the best thing about the Sandbox is its clarity. It makes it easy to explain the model. In a sense it has solved the problem with FRBR in MARC environment.” RDA Sandbox

54. 54 Five things … 1.RDA and RDA SaaS [RDA Sandbox project] 2.Drupal and Drupal Consulting 3.Discovery Tools and Chivas 4.VITALMedia Project 5.VTLS Project for Multi-Lingual Subject Headings

55. 55 Introducing Drupal Services

56. 56 What is Drupal? [and WHY?] Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications Extremely popular – not just in libraries 1000’s of modules 100’s of themes Some of our major customers are using Drupal

57. 57 VTLS Introduces Drupal Services Combination of Custom Drupal modules Expert consulting and, Development services Drupal Services allows libraries to provide attractive and robust implementations for their users

58. 58 VTLS approach is twofold VTLS has developed custom Drupal modules and APIs in VTLS software to allow seamless integration [Chamo, VITAL, Chivas] Services and display modules allow creation of custom interfaces in Drupal by the library flexible and extensible to incorporate the full range of Drupal possibilities VTLS offers expertise in Drupal integration for libraries consulting services and, software development services

59. 59 Examples Queens Public Library doing all of their own development in consultation with VTLS Virtua and VITAL Kansas City Public Library National Centre for Vocational Education Research [NCVER ] Contracted VTLS to do entire website in Drupal Well done! Praise and accolades wherever presented Via College of Osteopathic Medicine [VCOM] Using Drupal as front-end for Ostmed-DR Using Drupal module to charge for access to content

60. 60 Five things … 1.RDA and RDA SaaS [RDA Sandbox project] 2.Drupal and Drupal Consulting 3.Discovery Tools and Chivas 4.VITALMedia Project 5.VTLS Project for Multi-Lingual Subject Headings

61. 61 Five things … 1.RDA and RDA SaaS [RDA Sandbox project] 2.Drupal and Drupal Consulting 3.Discovery Tools and Chivas 4.VITALMedia Project 5.VTLS Project for Multi-Lingual Subject Headings

62. 62 Introducing

63. 63 What is it? VITALMedia provides turnkey solutions designed for any organization that wants to create unique digital streaming media content, manage that content, and deliver it to users. What does this mean?

64. 64 Who can benefit from Vital media? Do you want to produce or publish digital content but lack the experience and infrastructure to manage it? VITAL Media provides the hardware, software and support to guide you through the process and make it happen

65. 65 Who can benefit from Vital media? Do you already have valuable digital content you would like to publish? VITAL Media provides a cost-effective solution for managing and delivering it, from storage to accessibility, to version control.

66. 66 Who can benefit from Vital media? Do you have rich media content published in multiple public locations on the web? The VITAL Media repository acts as a home base, allowing you to publish to these sites while maintaining records, controlling versions, and creating archives of all of your digital assets.

67. 67 What is it? Create Manage Publish Deliver Archive

68. 68 Create Generate rich media easily Low cost equipment Simple process synchronize multiple video, audio and PC inputs For example: recorded lectures, corporate training, medical procedures

69. 69 An example of VCOMTV recording Play-stop-volume Controls Navigation Controls

70. 70 Creation Process - - Portable Studio Components: 1. Back Drop 2. Light Source 3. First Channel: Camera 4. Second Channel: Laptop 5. Synchronizer & Recorder All this is packaged on a single cart.

71. 71 Manage Uses a VITAL repository to ingest, index, store Robust search and discovery processes. Support for thumbnail display. Support for any type of content. A fully customizable interface. Detailed reporting capability. Previewing capability. Viewing, editing and saving capability. Versioning and rollback capability. Batch loading utilities. Web-based loading and e-submission

72. 72 Publish Distribute content on public publishing sites utilize your private VITAL Media cloud maintain a centralized repository even content on public sites like

73. 73 Content is Published Far and Wide Source: VTLS

74. 74 Deliver control delivery of your digital assets by deciding who can access your content. some of your content is published free and public, not all of it should be Control who can view your content by requiring authentication, restricting access to a specific IP domain or making certain content viewable by anyone monetize your valuable digital assets on a pay-per- view or subscription basis.

75. 75 Archive Protect your valuable digital content by creating a centralized archive of your files. As you publish to more and more locations, the importance of your digital archive increases. maintain version control

76. 76 Become the Central Library CONDUIT

77. 77 When examining the direction of digital assets – streaming rich media shows enormous growth Launched in early 2010 In the first 14 months, has scaled from 0 to 1,400 videos Offer streaming media coupled with VITAL to others? VCOM was a unique situation Existing relationship Special situation, special budget VCOM is creating content using CBOX Where Did Vital Media Start?

78. 78 - Customer Service training content - Vision: the VTLS CS training exchange - Free content, paid subscription content - Examples - CS Training http://vtls.vo.llnwd.net/o37/VTLS/VRCL100812/player.htm http://vtls.vo.llnwd.net/o37/VTLS/VRCL100812/player.htm - VCOMTV http://vcomtv.vtls.com/vital/access/manager/Index http://vcomtv.vtls.com/vital/access/manager/Index - Web Site http://admin.eos.vtls.com/vitalmedia/new/ http://admin.eos.vtls.com/vitalmedia/new/ How are we Using Our Own Technology?

79. 79 Five things … 1.RDA and RDA SaaS [RDA Sandbox project] 2.Drupal and Drupal Consulting 3.Discovery Tools and Chivas 4.VITALMedia Project 5.VTLS Project for Multi-Lingual Subject Headings

80. 80 SIX things … 1.RDA and RDA SaaS [RDA Sandbox project] 2.Drupal and Drupal Consulting 3.Discovery Tools and Chivas 4.VITALMedia Project 5.VTLS Project for Multi-Lingual Subject Headings 6.Vitation

81. 81 Vitation Needed replacement for QuikBib Developed Vitation, which uses the same code to export metadata fields to a web service Exports citation based on chosen style and format Expand with additional styles in csl (Citation Style Language): http://www.zotero.org/styles http://www.zotero.org/styles

82. 82 Vitation Citation updates according to style chosen Citation styles Default:

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