The FCLA Endeca Project

By Michele Newberry

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Why ENDECA?

Already proven by NCSU Build on NCSU’s work instead of starting

from zero Product features:

Guided navigation Facets Spellcheck Stemming Others yet to be fully explored

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Pending upgrade

Jumping 2 releases to v.18 None of the 15.5 customization will

survive the upgrade process Resource commitment to sustain level of

customization is low Familiarity with previous system is

declining Upgrade process will take 4 months for

the 11 Aleph instances

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Other objectives

Provide a consistent transition interface during the upgrade process

Gain discovery and navigation functionality not currently available

Gain a union catalog – a byproduct of our previous system not yet available with the current one

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Endeca architecture

One instance of Endeca One Endeca database 7 million records One instance of user interface with

individual institution views Easy interface modification Rapid, iterative development

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Building the Endeca File

Extract bib records with 852 fields from 11 Aleph databases

Load 1st into 12th Aleph bib file (UX) Load 2nd file-deduping on OCLC

number – merge unique and local data (e.g., 852/856/headings/notes…)

Load file3 … file11 Load Digital Library metadata Extract UX bib file to load into Endeca

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Building the Endeca Catalog

Full extraction, reformatting and load takes 48 hours – will be done every few weeks

Incremental updates of adds/significant changes

Current holdings status retrieved from Aleph via SQL in real-time

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Basic Search

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Search Results

A Closer Look at Facets

Browse the Virtual Shelf

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Advanced Search

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Advanced Search

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Advanced Search

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Advanced Search

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Boolean Search

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A Closer Look at Results

Item status is dynamically displayed

If item is requestable,

displays request link

Create RSS Feed for any

result set

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Export Options

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Patron Empowerment

Patron Empowerment

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Full View with Holdings

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Full View with Holdings

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MARC View (Union)

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MARC View (Local)

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Monograph with many Holdings

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Monograph Holdings Full View

Monograph Detailed Holdings

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Serial with many Holdings

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Serial Holdings Full View

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Serial Detailed Holdings

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Endeca Record

Endeca Record (large record) …

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Endeca Record (large record) …

Endeca Record (large record) …

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Endeca Record (large record) …

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Next steps …

OPAC Subcommittee is examining Data integrity Functionality Appearance Usability Accessibility

CIRC/ILL Subcommittee will be looking at future SUS-wide request capabilities

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Next steps …

Technical Services Planning Committee is looking at: Aleph indexing changes for v.18 and

the effect on Endeca Examining use of material type codes

for more user-friendly results Processes to optimize the consistency

of the bibliographic and holdings data feeding into Endeca

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Much further down the road

Technical Services Planning Committee will be looking at

Feasibility of sharing bibliographic records to: Reduce duplication of effort Share authority control Redirect resources into enhancing the

data Reduce level of effort to produce the

Endeca database

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READY … FIRE … AIM!!! http://catalog.fcla.edu

http://famu.catalog.fcla.edu http://fau.catalog.fcla.edu http://fgcu.catalog.fcla.edu http://fiu.catalog.fcla.edu http://fsu.catalog.fcla.edu http://ncf.catalog.fcla.edu http://ucf.catalog.fcla.edu http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu http://unf.catalog.fcla.edu http://usf.catalog.fcla.edu http://uwf.catalog.fcla.edu