VuFind: Solr Power in the Library

Demian Katz (Villanova University, USA) and Andrew Nagy (Serials Solutions, USA)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1912-8.ch004

Source title: Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape

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Katz, Demian and Andrew Nagy. "VuFind: Solr Power in the Library." Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape. IGI Global, 2013. 73-99. Web. 21 May. 2013. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1912-8.ch004

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Katz, D., & Nagy, A. (2013). VuFind: Solr Power in the Library. In J. Tramullas, & P. Garrido (Eds.), Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape (pp. 73-99). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1912-8.ch004

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Katz, Demian and Andrew Nagy. "VuFind: Solr Power in the Library." In Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape, ed. Jesus Tramullas and Piedad Garrido, 73-99 (2013), accessed May 21, 2013. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1912-8.ch004

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Apache Solr, an open source Java-based search engine, forms the core of many Library 2.0 products. The use of an index in place of a relational database allows faster data retrieval along with key features like faceting and similarity analysis that are not practical in the previous generation of library software. The popular VuFind discovery tool was built to provide a library-friendly front-end for Solr’s powerful searching capabilities, and its development provides an informative case study on the use of Solr in a library setting. VuFind is just one of many library packages using Solr, and examples like Blacklight, Summon, and the eXtensible Catalog project show other possible approaches to its use.

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