{"id":3587,"date":"2010-08-14T20:56:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T00:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2010-08-14T20:56:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T00:56:18","slug":"new-hybrid-ils-front-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libology.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/14\/new-hybrid-ils-front-end.html","title":{"rendered":"New Hybrid ILS Front End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A regional group of public libraries in Antwerp, Belgium have <a href=\"http:\/\/tweakthelibrary.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/01\/a-library-catalog-for-the-21st-century-using-wordpress-aquabrowser\/\"><strong>announced a new hybrid OPAC for their library software<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They have merged <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialssolutions.com\/aquabrowser\/\">AquaBrowser<\/a> to create a web presence with the capabilities they felt were most important for their libraries, notably local searching, faceted browsing, local news and announcements, and a fast, consistent design across all elements of the site and catalog.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time WordPress has been used as an OPAC front end.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/about.scriblio.net\/\">Scriblio<\/a> project has been around for several years.\u00a0 Other projects that provide catalogs similar to AquaBrowser are <a href=\"http:\/\/thesocialopac.net\/\">The Social OPAC (SOPAC)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vufind.org\/\">VuFind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no mention of what ILS software is running in the background, but the hybridization of these two capable and solid OPAC enhancers is a positive step.\u00a0\u00a0 I suspect that we will be seeing an increasing number of front-end designs in the future, especially if developers increase the usability for both the patron and the libraries by combining the strengths from multiple projects.<\/p>\n<p>found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Open-Source-Living\/143481129011476\">Open Source Living,<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.web2learning.net\/\">Nicole Engard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A regional group of public libraries in Antwerp, Belgium have announced a new hybrid OPAC for their library software. 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