Schedule a Presentation

We would love to present VuFind at your next conference. Feel free to contact us about scheduling a presentation.
demian.katz@villanova.edu

Past Presentations


Demian Katz describes how VuFind uses WorldCat Identities and OCLC Terminology Services to provide users with suggested terms.


Andrew Nagy and Chris Barr talk about VuFind
Recorded by Paul Albert on Vimeo.


Chris Barr, UI Design Specialist, presents at Code4Lib

Andrew Nagy, Lead Developer, presents at Code4Lib

Conference Schedule

September 2010
Meeting of the AGMB 2010
Mainz, Germany - September 29, 2010 - 9:00-9:35am
Room P1, Session 6
Project bibnet.org, presented by Markus Fischer - Solothurner Spitäler AG
VuFind 2.0 Conference
Villanova, PA - September 15-16, 2010

All are welcome to participate in the planning of the next release of VuFind; please see the wiki for more details and to sign up.

June 2010
Catholic Research Resources Alliance All-Members Meeting VuFind Discussion: Open to non-members; since CRRA uses VuFind for their Catholic Portal, they want to support general development of the software.

Washington, DC - June 28, 2010 - 3:30-5:00pm
Georgetown University - Murray Room on the 5th floor of Lauinger Library
Note: A government-issued ID is required to enter the building.

February 2010
NERCOMP New Discovery Tools Symposium

Worcester, MA - February 1, 2010
College of the Holy Cross

November 2008
Open Source Discovery Portal Camp

PALINET - Philadelphia, PA - November 6, 2008
Sheraton Hamilton Hotel

October 2008
PALINET Annual Conference 2008

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 27-28, 2008
Sheraton Philadelphia

LITA Forum 2008

Cincinnati, Ohio - October 16-19, 2008
Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel

Access 2008

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - October 1-4, 2008
Sheraton Hamilton Hotel

May 2008
SOLINET Annual Member Meeting

Atlanta, Georgia - May 8-9, 2008
Emory Conference Center Hotel

Massachusetts Library Association

Falmouth, Massachusetts - May 6, 2008
SeaCrest Resort & Conference Center

TCLC Spring Program - Rosemont College - May 2, 2008
April 2008
New York METRO Libraries Council - Library 2.0 Special Interest Group

New York City, NY - April 25, 2008

Alabama Library Association

Birmingham, Alabama - April 22-25, 2008
Sheraton Conference Center

INFOLINK Tech Talk

Piscataway, New Jersey - April 15, 2008

February 2008
Code4Lib

Portland, Oregon - February 22-25, 2008

January 2008
ALA Mid Winter

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - January 11-16, 2008

Sessions and Talks:
  • Saturday, January 12 - 10:30am
    VuFind Developer Community Session
    Pennsylvania Convention Center in 308
  • Sunday, January 13 - 4:00pm
    Next Generation Catalog Panel Discussion
  • Monday, January 14 - 11:30am
    VuFind Demo at IndexData Booth #230

Exhibitiion Hall - January 11-14 - Booth #318

October 2007
Palinet Annual Conference

Baltimore, Maryland - October 29 and 30, 2007
Tremont Hotel & Conference Center

Ex Libris Mid-Atlantic Users Group

New Jersey - October 29 and 30, 2007
Rider University

Releases

Downloads
Visit the download page for the latest version of VuFind.
History
For a chronology of VuFind releases and features, see the change log.
Getting Started
Our documentation will help you get started with installation and upgrading from previous versions.
Help!
Need help? Have a general question? You'll find answers in several forms on the support page.
Falvey Memorial Library


VuFind is developed and maintained by Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library.

News

VuFind out of beta with 1.0 release
July 15, 2010 - VuFind's long beta period is now over. Today, VuFind 1.0 has been released. In addition to improved stability, the new release includes several features missing from the previous release candidate: flexible support for non-MARC metadata formats, a mobile interface, Dewey Decimal support, integration with Serials Solutions' Summon, and more! For all the details and to obtain the software, please visit http://vufind.org/.
VuFind 1.0 Release Candidate 2 now available
December 14, 2009 - The wait is over: the second release candidate of VuFind is now available. Featuring improved security and stability, many new configuration options and the latest versions of Solr and SolrMarc, this is the best VuFind yet. For more details, please visit http://vufind.org/
Going Live!
September 30, 2009 - There have been a recent wave of new VuFind instances going live (or public beta): National Library of Ireland, University of Michigan, Wake Forest, Colorado State, York University, London School of Economics, University of Georgia, and more... Great work everyone!