FAQ

1.    How does Iguana integrate with my library’s web site?

Iguana can either become your library’s web site or an area off your web site where users customize their own page. In the latter case, you may think of the Google / iGoogle example. The Google page is the landing page while the user may personalize his or her own environment in iGoogle.

2.    Is Iguana essentially a search / discovery application?

Yes and no. Iguana is a communications platform that allows you to deliver a users experience beyond search. In other words, Iguana includes applications for users to engage around your services and offerings in many ways, and not only through search. Search or discovery is an optional component of Iguana. If you already use a discovery application – like Encore, Primo or AquaBrowser – you can keep using it.

3.    Does Iguana work with my library system?

Iguana interfaces with your local integrated library system on multiple levels for search (in the local database) and user activities (borrowing items, placing reservations, etc.). Contact us at experience-iguana@infor.com to see if your library system is currently supported.

4.    Can I define the look & feel of the Iguana interface?

We deliver the Iguana platform with a set of standard CSS templates. We can also design the interface to meet your specific branding requirements. For more information please contact your account representative.

5.    How much does Iguana cost?

Cost depends on a number of factors including the size of your library and the population served. To receive a quote, please fill out the form on the contact us page and an account representative will get back to you as soon as possible.

The Iguana concepts

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Collaboration

With Iguana, your users can share your content with others. They can create affinity groups around your content; think of book clubs for example, or discussion groups around the library’s art exhibits. Your users can also connect with their friends to share items – books, DVD, CDs, etc.

Personalization

Iguana provides users with a highly personalized environment. Iguana delivers information that is based on a user’s profile; the user views events for his or her library branch, for example, and reads news based on his or her interests.

Portability

The Iguana platform is entirely deconstructed; each content area on the page is a widget – users can move content on their library’s page and create their own views. Users can also move content elsewhere – to external environments such as Facebook or iGoogle, for example. Now your users can interact around your content on those pages that they visit the most.

Discovery

With Iguana, your users can discover information in the library and beyond. Your users can discover the library’s collections and more in an interactive and personalized way.