Project state
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Current state of swissbib (2011)
The main focus is moving swissbibs IT-infrastructure in Basel. During the deployment phase the service was hosted by OCLC in Leiden but for the production phase of the service it should be run in Switzerland. Additionally the following goals are reached:
- adding the more sources to swissbib
- working on the infrastructure for local search applications based on on swissbib
- working on the data nd search quality
- providing open interfaces
Third year of the project (2010)
Swissbib went live as public beta in December 2009 and the deployment project with OCLC comes to an end in January 2010. This marks the start for Phase II of the project dealing with four thematic areas:
- streamlining the existing solution based on user feedback
- improving the search quality in relation to multilingualism by including more authorities and enriching data
- extending the amount of data sources present in swissbib
- organizing the future of the service for 2011 onwards
Second year of project swissbib (2009)
The main goals of 2008 were met. swissbib procured with CBS, FAST and Touchpoint a software that meets perfectly the needs of swissbib. A first format analysis was conducted that delivers the basis for current software implementation and configuration.
The following goals are defined for 2009
- deployment of the base system in collaboration with OCLC
- setting up the infrastructure for data delivery and communication on the local level
- testing and perfecting of the swissbib solution in collaboration with Swiss libraries
- Going live with swissbib by the end of 2009
First year of project swissbib (2008)
The swissbib project team is complete and started to work on regularly basis. It consists of
- Project leader Hannes Hug, director University library Basel
- Project coordinator Tobias Viegener
- System architect Guenter Hipler
Main goals of 2008 are
- evaluation and procurement of software for swissbib
- set up a definite organizational structure for the project
- analyzing and describing the data to be used for swissbib
- building a network of test groups
- deploy the software to be configured filled with live data
Preliminary state of the project (2007)
The preliminary phase of the swissbib project is successfully terminated.
The final draft of the Project request has been discussed and adopted at the Project council meeting on June 27th 2007. The request has been accepted by E-lib.ch in the end of 2007.
Preparatory operations were being performed by a project team consisting of
- Hannes Hug, director University library Basel
- Andres von Arx, head IT, University library Basel
- Günter Hipler, IT coordinator IDS
- Bernd Luchner, coordinator library system IDS Basel Bern
Main goals of the preliminary phase were
- setup of a project organization
- coordinating project partners
- compilation and submission of the project request
- preliminary enquiries