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VuFind The library OPAC meets Web 2.0. Brief History of VuFind. Begun Development : December 2005 Open Sourced : July 2006 Release 0.5 : July 2007 Villanova Goes Live : August 2008 Wins $50,000 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration: December 2008 Release 1.0 : July 2010
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Brief History of VuFind • Begun Development : December 2005 • Open Sourced : July 2006 • Release 0.5 : July 2007 • Villanova Goes Live : August 2008 • Wins $50,000 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration: December 2008 • Release 1.0 : July 2010 • Next Release 1.3 : January 2012
Community Adoption • 60+ installations live • 28+ testing/beta
VuFind Features • Search with Faceted Results • “More Like This” Resource Suggestions • Browse for Resources • Save Resources to Organized Lists • Author Biographies • Persistent URLs • Easy to Localize and Brand • Live Record Status and Location • Zotero Compatible • Internationalization