Using ALEPH and Endeca to Develop a User Interface at Duke University

Abstract

Gwyneth Duncan, Systems Librarian, Duke University; Ken Mitchell, IT Analyst, Duke University.

The Triangle Research Libraries Network, of which Duke University is a member, is working on an Endeca-based faceted-browsing interface to the combined holdings of the member libraries, based on the work done by North Carolina State University. As part of this project, Duke is developing a replacement OPAC interface using both Endeca and ALEPH as data sources. Ken Mitchell and Gwyneth Duncan will highlight important technical aspects of this project, focusing on the data transfer from ALEPH to Endeca and the development of an interface using Endeca's APIs and the ALEPH X-Server.