Kingston City Libraries, a vibrant city library service located along Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne's South East, are now live with the VuFind Discovery Layer managed services from EvolvePlus.
The VuFind Discovery Layer managed services enables Kingston City Libraries to replace its Amlib NetOpac / Public Access with the powerful Discovery Layer solution provided by EvolvePlus. The impressive functionality of VuFind assists Kingston City Libraries become the centre of how patrons find, manage, discuss, and engage with media content of all kinds in an increasingly electronic age with mashups, similar title suggestions, integrated search intelligence, faceted results, "More Like This" Resource Suggestions to name a few.
Some of the highlights of the project include:
- Smart Phone Interface (e.g. for iPhones and Android Phones)
- Kingston City Libraries can continue to use Amlib as its LMS whilst using VuFind Discovery Layer
- Real-time integration with Amlib Holdings and Patrons using the LMS driver developed by EvolvePlus
- Improve Search Performance by more than 300% across large searches
- Interactive Patron Experience