Round table on Discovery Tools: The Experience of the Complutense University Library with Encore.

5th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar: “Find it, Get it, Use it, Store it”. Lisboa. 2010

� Users want library catalogs:◦ Easy to use

◦ Easy to find

◦ Just a single site to search

◦ Smart and relevant reponses

◦ Direct access to full text

� Libraries are changing to new discovey tools◦ Integrating search & delivery.

◦ Integrating resources and semantic.

� Encore is installed in a standalone server.

� Fully integrated with Millennium (both use JAVA), but is compatible with different ILS.

� Encore communicate with Millennium through AJAX and web-based technology.

� An Innovative team provide:◦ Installation of Encore

◦ Technical support

◦ System maintenance

� Institutions acquiring Encore don’t intervene in its configuration, only in:◦ Shutting down and restarting the application

◦ Administrating community tags

◦ Administrating patrons that can promote relevance

� Until now, the Library has little room for customization.

� Encore is a unique platform for local collections

and journal articles.

� The goal is one search for everything.

� User can see in real time relevant results from

local collections and journal articles, but they’re

not interfiled.

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“Many thanks for your attention”

Eugenio Tardón

tardon@buc.ucm.es