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A B C D. A FOSS solution for libraries and documentation centres in the South. Overview. Background information on ABCD ISIS and libraries in the South BIREME's ISIS technology VLIR/UOS and the DOCBIBLAS project 'Product presentation' of ABCD Technology Modules overview.

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  1. A B C D A FOSS solution for libraries and documentation centres in the South

  2. Overview Background information on ABCD ISIS and libraries in the South BIREME's ISIS technology VLIR/UOS and the DOCBIBLAS project 'Product presentation' of ABCD Technology Modules overview

  3. BACKGROUND INFO I ISIS and libraries in the South : ISIS : UNESCO free text retrieval database, multiplatform DOS/UNIX/Windows/WWW Widely used in the South, esp. Latin America Changed to FOSS since 2007 BIREME (WHO Brazil) runs advanced and high-volume applications on health information with ISIS and developed new technologies

  4. BACKGROUND INFO II VLIR/UOS decided to concentrate efforts on library development on 1 solution and granted a project fund 'Development Of and Capacity Building in ISIS-Based Library Automation Systems' (DOCBIBLAS, promoter : E. de Smet) DOCBIBLAS joined with BIREME to integrate all library functions into one system: ABCD (Automatisación de Bibliotécas y Centros de Documentación)

  5. BACKGROUND INFO III Flemish input into ABCD : DOCBIBLAS budget for software development DOCBIBLAS project steering committee has evaluated, monitored and advised on the development (members : R. De Keyser, P. Dekeyser, J. Desitter, J. Rademakers, E. de Smet) P. Dekeyser (MARC-format) and E. de Smet (general supervision) made direct contributions First international ABCD workshop held in Brussels (March 2009) with 20+ participants from 12 countries DOCBIBLAS II approved : assistance with at least 5 VLIR/UOS partner university libraries for implementation of ABCD

  6. BACKGROUND INFO IV Therefore : mission of ABCD = To provide integrated library automation solution for ISIS-users To serve as an alternative to KOHA /PMB (etc.) To try the impossible : combine typical 'low-end' users' profile with high-end technology, e.g. allowing any database structure using ISIS Formatting Language for librarian-oriented data-management including university library standards (MARC, Z39.50, OAI...)

  7. BACKGROUND INFO V Development steps : Preparation/selection etc. from end of 2007 Announcement ISIS 3 Conference Rio 2008 Release 0.5 tested from October 2008 Actual release : 0.9 1st full release 1.0 : presented 3/12/2009 Workshops in Brussels (3/2009) and Buenos Aires (9/2009), Sao Paulo (12/2009), many more to follow

  8. Product Presentation 0 Basic idea : University Libraries in the South deserve a suitable tool allowing them to fully serve their institutions and join the Information Society Specifications for ABCD set by VLIR/UOS Experts group : FOSS, Multiplatform (Windows+Linux), multilingual (English/French/Spanish/Portuguese) ISIS- and WWW-based MARC-compatible (+ other formats supported) Other standards : OAI, MODS/METS, Z39.50... Installer and full documentation + training materials UNICODE (not yet fully implemented)

  9. ABCD Product Presentation 1 Actual development : FOSS-team lead by BIREME (OPS/WHO Brazil) Technology used in ABCD : WWW (web-server, web-browser, Apache/PHP, CGI) ISIS (full-text retrieval, run-time relational, semi-structured 'scheme-less' records) Javascript, AJAX for optimal local processing of data and less data traffic Windows + Linux platforms Java, Webservices, MySQL (advanced loans), YAZ (Z39.50)

  10. ABCD Suite scheme :

  11. ABCD MODULES : Database Administration • Allows creation/editing, selection of ANY structure • Pre-configured for MARC21 and CEPAL • Easy migration from ISIS-db's • Edit/translate all (help)screens

  12. ABCD MODULES : Cataloging • Every-day's cataloger's toolbar with browsing, searching, listing, record editing, Z-39.50, reports, statistics and utilities • Authority control and validation

  13. ABCD MODULES : Acquisitions • Deals with all steps in administrative procurement of objects • Creates 'inventory' DB from which loan-objects are created

  14. ABCD MODULES : Loans Central Allows multiple catalogs + high parametrization

  15. ABCD MODULES : Statistics • Can create tables and graphs on ANYISIS-database (incl. loans)

  16. ABCD MODULES : OPAC and meta-search Simple and advanced interfaces

  17. ABCD MODULES : ABCD Site Highly customizable portal

  18. ABCD MODULES : Site Manager (CMS) • Allows editing of ALL Site elements, including structure of the Site page

  19. ABCD MODULES : Serials Control System • 1800 pre-defined titles • Titles : ISSN • Title+ : admin. management • 200 pre-defined publication templates • Search function • Union-catalog

  20. ABCD MODULES : Advanced Loans Empweb allows multi-server and -policies, JDBC, SQL-databases based on 'pipe-lined' rules (no limits)

  21. Practical info on ABCD • Download page : http://bvsmodelo.bvsalud.org/php/level.php?lang=en&component=31&item=13 • DOCBIBLAS project contact : egbert.desmet@ua.ac.be • ABCD FOSS platform (trac/svn/wiki) available at http://reddes.bvsalud.org/projects/abcd(will be fully opened end of September after release 1.0)

  22. What's next ? DOCBIBLAS II approved by VLIR/UOS : 2 years + budget to guide 5 partner univ. libraries in the implementation of ABCD Many libraries in L.A and Africa have announced migration to ABCD Further development to be embedded into new ISIS-FOSS community (lead by ICCI) Many basic challenges remain... (connectivity, electr. power, staff capacity building)

  23. FINALLY... Some ideas for further discussion – actions: Interest for ABCD in Flanders/Belgium/Holland ?? Should Southern libraries automate ? is it indeed viable ? or to be skipped all along ? (virtual libraries...) Automation only by computer experts or also by librarians? THANKS for your kind attention !

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