{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,8]],"date-time":"2026-02-08T00:14:40Z","timestamp":1770509680294,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":14,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,23]],"date-time":"2010-11-23T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1290470400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,23]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare open source and proprietary discovery tools and find out how much discovery tools have achieved towards becoming the next generation catalog.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper summarizes characteristics of the next generation catalog into a check\u2010list of 12 features. This list was checked against each of seven open source and ten proprietary discovery tools to determine if those features were present or absent in those tools.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Discovery tools have many next generation catalog features, but only a few can be called real next generation catalogs. Federated searching and relevancy based on circulation statistics are the two areas that both open source and proprietary discovery tools are missing. Open source discovery tools seem to be bolder and more innovative than proprietary tools in embracing advanced features of the next generation catalog. Vendors of discovery tools may need to quicken their steps in catching up.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>It is the first evaluation and comparison of open source and proprietary discovery tools on a large scale. It will provide information as to exactly where discovery tools stand in light of the much desired next generation catalog.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/07378831011096312","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,27]],"date-time":"2010-11-27T07:02:16Z","timestamp":1290841336000},"page":"690-709","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":67,"title":["Evaluating and comparing discovery tools: how close are we towards next generation catalog?"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Sharon Q.","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Kurt","family":"Wagner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b2","unstructured":"Blacklight Project Team (2009), Blacklight, available at: http:\/\/projectblacklight.org\/ (accessed 31 March 2010)."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b3","unstructured":"Breeding, M. (2007), \u201cIntroduction\u201d, Library Technology Reports, Vol. 43 No. 4, pp. 5\u201014."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b5","unstructured":"Breeding, M. (2009), Library Technology Guides \u2013 Key Resources in the Field of Library Automation: Discovery Layer Interfaces, available at: www.librarytechnology.org\/discovery.pl?SID=20100321898651123 (accessed 15 March 2010)."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Emanuel, J. (2009), \u201cNext generation catalogs: what do they do and why should we care?\u201d, Reference User Services Quarterly, Vol. 49 No. 2, pp. 117\u201020.","DOI":"10.5860\/rusq.49n2.117"},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b7","unstructured":"Hane, P.J. (2009), \u201cNew discovery tools for online resources from OCLC and EBSCO\u201d, NewsBreaks, available at: http:\/\/newsbreaks.infotoday.com\/NewsBreaks\/New\u2010Discovery\u2010Tools\u2010for\u2010Online\u2010Resources\u2010From\u2010OCLC\u2010and\u2010EBSCO\u201053468.asp (accessed 27 March 2010)."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Luong, T.D. and Liew, C.L. (2009), \u201cThe evaluation of New Zealand academic library OPACs: a checklist approach\u201d, The Electronic Library, Vol. 27 No. 3, pp. 376\u201093.","DOI":"10.1108\/02640470910966844"},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Murcun, T. and Zumer, T. (2008), \u201cNext generation of catalogues for the next generation of users: a comparison of six library catalogues\u201d, Program: Electronic library and information systems, Vol. 42 No. 3, pp. 243\u201061.","DOI":"10.1108\/00330330810892668"},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b9","unstructured":"Murray, P. (2008), \u201cDiscovery tools and OPAC\u201d, PowerPoint presentation at NISO Forum on Next Generation Discovery Tools: New Tools, Aging Standards, available at: http:\/\/dltj.org\/article\/discovery\u2010layer\u2010video\u2010tour\/ (accessed 27 January 2010)."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b10","unstructured":"OLE Project (2009), Data Dictionary, available at: http:\/\/oleproject.org\/overview\/ole\u2010reference\u2010model\/data\u2010dictionary\/ (accessed 27 March 2010)."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b11","unstructured":"Tennant, R. (2005), \u201cDigital libraries: \u2018lipstick on a pig\u2019\u201d, Library Journal, Vol. 130 No. 7, p. 34."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b12","unstructured":"Villanova University (2010), About VuFind, available at: http:\/\/vufind.org\/ (accessed 31 March 2010)."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b13","unstructured":"Webb, P.L. and Nero, M.D. (2009), \u201cOPACs in the clouds\u201d, Computers in Libraries, Vol. 29 No. 9, pp. 18\u201022."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b14","unstructured":"Williams, M. (2008), New Jack Librarian, available at: www.newjackalmanac.ca\/2008\/03\/ontario\u2010scholars\u2010portal\u2010yours\u2010to.html (accessed 7 April 2010)."},{"key":"key2022021120155778500_b15","unstructured":"Yang, S. and Wagner, K. (2010), \u201cOpen Source Stand\u2010Alone OPACs\u201d, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, PowerPoint presented at VALE \/NJ ACRL\/NJLA CUS 11th Annual Users' Conference, The Future Is Now: Meeting the Needs of Our Users, Busch Campus Center, January 8, available at: www.valenj.org\/vale\/breakoutsection\/c\u2010open\u2010source\u2010standalone\u2010opacs."}],"container-title":["Library Hi Tech"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/07378831011096312","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/07378831011096312\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/07378831011096312\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T23:33:47Z","timestamp":1753400027000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/lht\/article\/28\/4\/690-709\/261733"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,23]]},"references-count":14,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,23]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/07378831011096312"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/07378831011096312","relation":{},"ISSN":["0737-8831"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0737-8831","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,23]]}}}