[Web4lib] Web OPAC front-end systems

[Michael Shochet]

There was a presentation at CIL from librarians at SUNY Binghamton on
using grokker.  There is a mention of it on their website here:
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/librarylinks/fall05_soon.html

I did not see that particular presentation, but I spoke with one of the
presenters who said they were working on getting a grokker interface for
their OPAC.

Incidentally, EBSCO now has a "visual search" option for their EBSCOHost
platform which uses grokker.

Michael Shochet
Systems/Reference Librarian
Langsdale Library
mshochet at ubalt.edu
410-837-4277


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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Felker
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:38 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Web OPAC front-end systems

Once again I approach the library web gods in supplication...
 
I and a colleague are interested in alternative web OPAC front end
systems such as the aquabrowser
(http://aquabrowser2.kcls.org/aquabrowser/ ).  We'd like to write an
article on the topic, exploring the pros and cons.  So far, I know about
Aquabrowser, endeca (http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/endeca/ ) and Casy Bissons
Wpopac (which isn't commercial, but I would still consider it a
"competitor" of sorts).  Does anyone know of any other
products/competitors?
 
A thousand thanks for any and all assistance, oh knowledgeable ones.
 
-Kyle
 
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