***Cross-posted; apologies for duplication***
The eXtensible Catalog Project is pleased to announce that we have
launched our new website at http://www.extensiblecatalog.org/. This new
website will be the main vehicle for distributing our open-source
software once it is released in 2009. In the mean time, the website
contains a wealth of information regarding the project, including
publications, an overview of the software we are developing and the
technologies that software will use, and a blog that has already been in
use.
The eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project is working to design and develop a
set of open-source applications that will provide libraries with an
alternative way to reveal their collections to library users. XC will
provide easy access to all resources (both digital and physical
collections) across a variety of databases, metadata schemas and
standards, and will enable library content to be revealed through other
services that libraries may already be using, such as content management
systems and learning management systems. XC will also make library
collections more web-accessible by revealing them through web search
engines.
Since XC software will be open source, it will be available for download
at no cost. Libraries will be able to adopt, customize and extend the
software to meet local needs. In addition, a not-for-profit organization
will be formed to provide the infrastructure to incorporate community
contributions to the code base, encourage collaboration, and provide
maintenance and upgrades.
The project is hosted at the University of Rochester and funded through
a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholarly
Communications Program as well as through significant contributions from
and in collaboration with XC partner institutions. The project is in a
design and development phase until July 2009, at which point the
software will be released under an open-source license.
Steven Dibelius
Deployment Engineer, eXtensible Catalog Project
University of Rochester
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