FROM BIBFRAME TO THE CLOUD. The Future of the ILS

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1 FROM BIBFRAME TO THE CLOUD The Future of the ILS

2 Presenters Elayna Turner Librarian/ILS Administrator for the Gloucester County Library System ILS Experience Horizon (SirsiDynix) Symphony (SirsiDynix) Tim Dewysockie Application Specialist for Rowan University Libraries ILS Experience Horizon (SirsiDynix) Polaris (Innovative) Voyager (ExLibris)

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4 Where We Are: The Integrated Library System (ILS)

5 Software as a Service: Where We re Going: Shaped by current technology landscape Software as a Service (SaaS) API s/web Services Open source software Shaped by libraries needs Differs by type of library API s:

6 Public Library Considerations Focus on circulation of physical materials Focus on user experience Focus on electronic resources

7 Academic Library Considerations Focus on user experience Focus on electronic resources Problem: Traditional ILS was designed for print Result: Products have been developed to fill this void

8 Where We re Going: Trends in Library Technology The Future of the ILS: Library Services Platforms (LSPs) Hybrid Solutions Open Source Solutions Related developments in library technology Discovery layers BIBFRAME/Linked Data Integration

9 Library Services Platforms Software as a Service (SaaS) Built on API s/web services Designed to manage multiple types of resources from single application Examples OCLC WorldShare: Alma (ExLibris), OCLC WorldShare Insignia Library System

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12 Hybrid Solutions Hybrid of ILS and LSP Builds on existing ILS technology Still dependant on ILS Can be self-hosted or SaaS Examples Sierra (Innovative), Symphony or Horizon & BLUEcloud (SirsiDynix)

13 Example: SirsiDynix BLUEcloud LSP

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16 Open Source Solutions Predates development of LSP s Alternative to proprietary solutions Development community Note: Open source solutions are neither free nor cheap Examples Koha, Evergreen

17 Example: Koha

18 Related Library Technology Developments

19 Where We Are: The Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

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21 Where We re Going: Discovery Layers Index-based discovery layers Central index: crosswalk data into single shared schema, then index it API s Possible uses Use in conjunction with traditional OPAC, replace existing OPAC

22 Discovery Layers Positive Negative Results set too large, too imprecise Proprietary Integrates previously siloed resources into single search interface Summon (ProQuest), EDS (EBSCO), Enterprise (SirsiDynix), Primo (ExLibris) Open source VuFind, Blacklight Apache Solr index

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24 Bento Box Done using open source tools; no currently available proprietary solutions Positive: User does not have to choose what type of material to search Negative: User initially sees less results; must click a source to see more

25 BIBFRAME and Linked Data Integration MARC

26 BIBFRAME and Linked Data Integration BIBFRAME

27 Bibliographic Records in a Google Search

28 BIBFRAME & Linked Data Integration Many ILS s are working to allow linked data integration to make library materials more discoverable This means taking collections out of traditional catalogs and making them findable on the web. Extracting MARC data and outputting it to BIBFRAME Examples: BLUEcloud Visibility (SirsiDynix), Innovative Linked Data, EBSCO Linked Library Service

29 Questions For the Future What needs are not addressed by these trends in library technology? Academic libraries: integration with learning management systems (LMS s)? Will traditional ILS s coexist with LSP s, or will LSP s become the new standard? Do these new trends create problems that didn t exist before? Privacy and security concerns with cloud-based applications Will the decoupling of the user interface (OPAC/discovery layer) from the ILS/LSP become the norm?

30 Thank You Questions/Comments: Elayna Turner - eturner@gcls.org Tim Dewysockie - dewysockie@rowan.edu