2010.05.21

It's been less than a month since the last release of Pazpar2, but we are pumping new features into the software pretty quickly at the moment. For information about the most recent release before this, see here.

We have added a new method for normalizing MARC records (and OPAC records with embedded MARC data). We have found that we could achieve an 80% reduction of the CPU resources required to normalize bibliographic records by using a simplified XML representation instead of MARCXML.

2010.05.05

If you plan to attend ALA in DC this summer, please be sure to drop by for a visit at Booth #1108. We love to visit with old friends and new, and ALA is a wonderful place to touch base.

If you'd like a chat, it's not a bad idea to drop us a mail in advance -- our schedule tends to get a little crowded.

Download a free exhibit pass here.

2010.04.29

We have released Pazpar2 1.4.0.

Pazpar2 may operate in threaded mode. Enabled by element 'threads' in the configuration. See pazpar2_conf for details. This functionality is very much in a testing state -- we do not recommend that it be deployed in production just yet. This new functionality will allow the system to make better use of multi-CPU systems, and increase scalability, in particular with multiple concurrent users.

New setting setting: pz:max_connections. Setting pz:max_connections is a limit of number of sockets to a given host.

2010.04.22

April 20, 2010

Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc (PALCI) selects Relais D2D

PALCI has selected Relais D2D to power their E-ZBorrow resource sharing system - a rapid book request and delivery service for faculty, staff and students of 52 academic libraries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia. Relais D2D (Discovery to Delivery) is a next-generation software platform from Relais International and Index Data.

2010.04.22

Version 1.2 of yaz4j has been released, http://www.indexdata.com/yaz4j.

Changes to the API:

  • add Connection close that shutdowns socket without destroying the object
  • rename ResultSet getSize to getHitCount

Bug fixes:

  • #3115 - fix JVM crash when fetching records in unsupported syntax caused by null ptr dereference, handle record errors during search and in-record errors
  • properly deallocate records not managed by a result set

As we have failed to announce previous release (1.1), here' the list of changes:

--- 1.1 2010/02/22

Major changes to the API:

  • using
2010.02.28

March 1, 2010 - West Hartford, CT -- The Capital District Library Council (CDLC), a regional multi-type library organization with 68 libraries and library system members, headquartered in Albany, New York, has contracted with Index Data to provide them with a virtual union catalog.

CDLC will be replacing the union catalog component of the URSA platform with components of Index Data's MasterKey™ information discovery platform to provide its members with a cost-effective, state-of-the-art discovery tool.

2010.01.04

As usual, Index Data will participate in the ALA Midwinter conference. We love the opportunity to put faces to names and connect with all the people who use our technologies in various capacities. If you are thinking about a project that involves information retrieval, systems integration, etc., come see us and let's chat. We will be at booth #2244. Because the booth is often busy, it's a good idea to set up an appointment in advance.

2009.12.09

December 9, 2009

Borrow Direct - a rapid book request and delivery service for faculty, staff and students of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale is moving to a next-generation software platform to be provided by Relais International and Index Data. Borrow Direct allows patrons to search across the member library catalogs simultaneously and request circulating items directly from any partner library.

2009.11.25

November 25, 2009 - West Hartford, CT -- The Cincinnati Museum Center, in partnership with the Western Reserve Historical Society, has contracted with Index Data to build the metasearch component of a pilot project to bring primary historical resources to a wider audience.

The pilot project will test the feasibility of offering a clean and simple interface, to multiple audiences, for searching and retrieving digitized resources in the area of US history.

2009.11.17

Sebastian Hammer presented a keynote address at this year’s Code4Lib conference in which he discusses the challenges facing libraries and librarianship from the Internet itself and from ‘competing’ services. A video of the whole talk can be seen here, courtesy of the hosts, Brown University.