FAQs

Q. What is VuFind
A. VuFind is an open source OPAC started by the University of Villanova. A big thank you goes out to all the members of the VuFind community for all their hard work. VuFind is licensed under the GNU General Public License. Code developed by Marmot is contributed back to the Open Source Community whenever possible.
Q. What is Prospector?
A. Prospector is a unified catalog of twenty six academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Through Prospector you have access to over 27 million books, journals, DVDs, CDs, videos and other materials held in these libraries. With a single search you can identify and borrow materials from the collections and have them delivered to your local library.
Q. What is Marmot?
A. Marmot is a consortium of Colorado libraries that hosts an integrated library system, maintains a union catalog of 1.2m titles, and provides related services for a variety of public, academic, and school libraries in Colorado.
Q. How can I figure out where a title is located?
A. A handy guide can be located here.
Q. What should I do if I have a suggestion or find a problem with the OPAC?
A. Go to www.marmot.org/node/40 and fill out a User Story. State who you are, what you need and why you need it.
Q. What other Open Source libraries does Marmot's VuFind implementation use?
A. We use several other open source libraries and utilities including: