Next+generation+OPACs

=Interested in next generation OPACs? Try some of these links.= Also have a look at the related page - the library catalogue

You may or may not agree with this definition of what is a [|library catalogue]
 * News in 2016**
 * Latest updates: 11 April 2016**

[|Next generation OPACs]
 * News in 2014**
 * Latest updates: October 2014**

Neat idea: Find a book, virtually browse the shelf.
 * Latest updates: 10 March 2014**

Libraries, discovery and catalogues
 * Latest updates: 31 May 2013**

I know "discovery" systems are not the same as next generation OPACs, but this seemed the best page to put this link to the "discovery" page of the Library Technology Guides
 * Latest updates: 17 November 2011**

User thoughts on next gen OPACs
 * Latest updates: 30 October 2011**

Experiences of vufind
 * Latest updates: 8 August 2011**

Penn university's catalogue Some info about Backlight Stanford Unicatalogue uses Backlight
 * Latest updates: 11 May 2011**

Reinventing the OPAC
 * Latest updates: 16 March 2011**

The latest on ExLibris Alma
 * Latest updates: 16 February 2011**

A JISC report on resource discovery Next generationcatalogues and a bit more ... Next generationcatalogues and next generation technical services
 * Latest updates: 20 December 2010**

A presentationon next generation OPACs A cataloguer's viewof the future of catalogues and cataloguers
 * Latest updates: 7 December 2010**

Celebrating three years of Evergreen
 * Latest updates: 1 December 2010**

Evaluation and comparisonof research discovery tools

The use of open source softwarein libraries and more

An open source LMS

Making open sourcea reality in libraries

The library catalogue as a [|recommender]project.
 * Latest updates: 16 June 2010**


 * Latest updates: 28 May 2010**

*OPAC - next generation or not?
Should [|OPAC]really try and imitate Google searches etc. or just be what it really - an inventory of books and other material?

*User-generated catalogue
[|Adding]tags and reviews to an OPAC.

Latest updates: 8 March 2010 PTFS won't be [|acquiring]KOHA after all.

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 * Latest updates: 8 February 2010**

*Liblime news
[|Liblime]being taken over.

*Open source
Open source at your [|peril!]

*Improve!
A slide presentation on how to [|improve]your OPAC.


 * Latest update: 19 November 2009**

What is a next generation OPAC
[|Definition]and some [|examples]of next generation OPACs

Musings
Eric Morgan [|musing] on next generation OPACs (2008)

More musings
[|More musings]on next generation OPACs from Eric Morgan (2006)

LIBER article
How university students are [|searching]. Article based on an Ex-Libris product

OPAC 2.0
An [|abstract]of Katie Wilson's paper on OPAC 2.0, and the [|full-text]

OPAC 2.0 adventures
One [|library's]adoption of [|Vufind]

Open source
Some open source [|LMS]software (Evergreen - formerly PINES?)

More open source
[|Kochief]discovery interface and catalogue manager (formerly Fac-Back-OPAC)

Florida State University
Have developed [|MANGO](Metasearch and next generation OPAC)

Next generation OPAC - article
In LITA, an article on the [|next generation OPAC](unsure of date)

Librarything
[|Librarything]and how it fits into the workd of next generation OPACs

ALA
An ALA sub-group on [|next generation OPACs]

Cataloguing librarian
The Cataloguing Librarian on [|next generation OPACs]

History of OPACs
Delve into the [|history]of OPACs from the early days to 1994 (Athens login required)

Slides from Huddersfield
Slides from Dave Patten on taking advantage of web 2.0 technologies in your [|OPAC]

Slides
Slides from the [|eXtensible] Catalog Project

Project Blacklight
A [|catalogue]based on Project Blacklight from University of Virginia, and a bit more about the [|open source]project.

A selection
Try this pick and mix selection of [|links]to new generation OPACs

Keeping up
Marshall Breeding's [|technology blog]will keep you up-to-date

Library 2.0 Gang
Richard Wallis from Talis and friends on [|catalogues]

Open Library
The [|Open Library]

Biblios
[|Biblios cataloguing](I have a login if anyone wants to see biblios in action)

Skyriver
[|Skyriver]- the newest! And an [|article]on them by Marshall Breeding. Founded by one of the members of I[|nnovative]

Cloud computing
An [|explanation]of cloud computing