LibX
Developer(s) | Virginia Tech |
---|---|
Initial release | October 13, 2005 (2005-10-13) |
Stable release | |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | Firefox extension |
License | MPL |
Website | libx.org |
LibX was a free, open-source scholars' extension for the Internet Explorer browser[citation needed] (and formerly for Firefox[2]) that lets people use services offered by their library. Users can search their library catalog(s) and databases through a search bar or through a context menu. The context menu is adaptive (changing depending on what the user selected) and configurable (allowing the user to include any configured resource). LibX supports the catalogs of all major vendors. In addition, any resource that can be searched using an http GET request can be included, similar to Firefox's smart keywords.
Resources can also be accessed using auto-generated links for DOIs, ISBNs, ISSNs, and PMIDs. Links are also placed in specific pages, such as book vendor sites or book review sites.
To support off-campus access to resources, users may reload a current page, or follow a link through a proxy server. LibX activates COinS with the library's OpenURL resolver.
LibX supports a "magic search" functionality, which creatively integrates use of the Google Scholar service. LibX searches Scholar, performs a heuristic similarity analysis to determine if a match was found, then redirects the user to the user's OpenURL resolver to obtain an accessible copy.
Librarians, as well as ordinary library users, can create a LibX edition through an AJAX-based web interface, called the LibX Edition Builder. This interface allows anybody to create, edit, maintain, and distribute an edition. As a starting point, users can clone an existing LibX edition and modify it, or start from scratch. The LibX edition builder makes heavy use of auto-detection of resources through global registries such as OCLC WorldCat or OpenSearch. It includes a revision control system for editions and facilities for multiple maintainers to share ownership of an edition. The LibX edition builder was built using the ZK AJAX toolkit, by Tilottama Gaat and Godmar Back.
LibX is produced by Virginia Tech, which hosts customized versions of the extension for over 256 different libraries. Annette Bailey and Godmar Back, the creators of LibX, won the 2007 LITA/Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award for their work on LibX.
See also
References
External links
- Official website
- LibX Edition Builder
- v
- t
- e
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Architecture and Urban Studies
- Pamplin College of Business
- College of Engineering
- College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
- Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute
- School of Public and International Affairs
- School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences
- College of Natural Resources and Environment
- College of Osteopathic Medicine
- College of Science
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
- Virginia Tech Foundation
- Biocomplexity Institute
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance
- System X
- System G
- Virginia Smart Road
- eCorridors Program
- e-58
- Stability Wind Tunnel
- PATH
- Virginia school of political economy
- VLA
- DARwIn-OP
- Nanoknife
- Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
- LibX
- Mid Atlantic Terascale Partnership
- VTLS
- Blacksburg Electronic Village
- Pelikan tail
- Virginia School Leaders Institute
- NIA
- Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
- eTBLAST
- Head impact telemetry system
- Metal rubber
- NEXTOR
- Sugar battery
- Virginia Cyber Range
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Fighting Gobblers
- HokieBird
- Old Hokie
- Tech Triumph
- Virginia Tech–Virginia rivalry (overall, football, and men's basketball)
- Virginia Tech–West Virginia rivalry
- Virginia Tech-Georgia Tech rivalry
- Virginia Tech-VMI rivalry
- Virginia Tech–Miami rivalry
- Virginia Tech–Boston College rivalry
- Football
- Men's soccer
- Women's soccer
- Men's basketball
- Women's basketball
- Baseball
- Softball
- Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
- Lane Stadium
- Cassell Coliseum
- English Field
- Berglund Center
- Collegiate Water Polo Association
- Thompson Field
- Collegiate Times
- Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
- Highty-Tighties
- The Marching Virginians
- The New Virginians
- Virginia Tech Rescue Squad
- The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech
- United States v. Morrison
- WUVT-FM
- WVTF
- HEVT
- WBRW
- Tech Talk Live
- Radio IQ
- Index of Middle English Verse
- Hahn Horticulture Garden
- Hokie Stone
- Graduating Peter
- New River Valley
- History
- Virginia Tech shooting
- Stroubles Creek
- Blacksburg Transit
- Valley Metro
- Police Department
- Founded: 1872