| VuFind |
Classic / WebVoyage |
| VuFind is well suited for "discovery" & narrowing large search sets. |
WebVoyage is better suited for known-item searching. |
| VuFind has a more modern look-and-feel. |
WebVoyage allows more sophisticated, library-savvy searching. |
| VuFind makes titles searchable if they were in the catalog as of 9PM yesterday. The very newest records cannot be searched in VuFind. |
WebVoyage makes titles searchable as soon as the library adds them to the catalog. The very newest records can only be searched in WebVoyage. |
| In VuFind, for now, the user selects the specific copy to request. This can be an advantage when a title is owned by many libraries and the classic catalog times out before it can finish the work of selecting an available copy for the user to request. |
In WebVoyage, the user selects the title to request, then the system selects an available copy at random. |
| VuFind is more compliant with accessibility standards. Users who rely on screen readers and other adaptive technologies will have an easier time with VuFind |
WebVoyage is currently less compliant with accessibility standards. |
| VuFind already links to Google Book Search for "previews" of books' content. |
WebVoyage does not yet link to Google Book Search. |
| VuFind displays the user’s library’s SFX button (which might say "Find it," "Get it," "More," etc.) for any title where electronic full text would be available to the user, even if the title is in another library's catalog. |
WebVoyage displays the SFX button in individual libraries' catalogs only. The SFX button that displays is for the title's owning library, irrespective of the user's affiliation.
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