<s>
LibX	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
scholars	O
 '	O
extension	O
for	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
browser	O
(	O
and	O
formerly	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
)	O
that	O
lets	O
people	O
use	O
services	O
offered	O
by	O
their	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibX	B-Operating_System
supports	O
the	O
catalogs	O
of	O
all	O
major	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
any	O
resource	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
searched	O
using	O
an	O
http	O
GET	O
request	O
can	O
be	O
included	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Firefox	B-Application
's	O
smart	B-Operating_System
keywords	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resources	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
accessed	O
using	O
auto-generated	O
links	O
for	O
DOIs	O
,	O
ISBNs	B-Library
,	O
ISSNs	O
,	O
and	O
PMIDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
support	O
off-campus	O
access	O
to	O
resources	O
,	O
users	O
may	O
reload	O
a	O
current	O
page	O
,	O
or	O
follow	O
a	O
link	O
through	O
a	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibX	B-Operating_System
activates	O
COinS	B-General_Concept
with	O
the	O
library	O
's	O
OpenURL	O
resolver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibX	B-Operating_System
supports	O
a	O
"	O
magic	O
search	O
"	O
functionality	O
,	O
which	O
creatively	O
integrates	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibX	B-Operating_System
searches	O
Scholar	O
,	O
performs	O
a	O
heuristic	O
similarity	O
analysis	O
to	O
determine	O
if	O
a	O
match	O
was	O
found	O
,	O
then	O
redirects	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
OpenURL	O
resolver	O
to	O
obtain	O
an	O
accessible	O
copy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Librarians	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
ordinary	O
library	O
users	O
,	O
can	O
create	O
a	O
LibX	B-Operating_System
edition	O
through	O
an	O
AJAX-based	O
web	O
interface	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
LibX	B-Operating_System
Edition	O
Builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
starting	O
point	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
clone	O
an	O
existing	O
LibX	B-Operating_System
edition	O
and	O
modify	O
it	O
,	O
or	O
start	O
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LibX	B-Operating_System
edition	O
builder	O
makes	O
heavy	O
use	O
of	O
auto-detection	O
of	O
resources	O
through	O
global	O
registries	O
such	O
as	O
OCLC	O
WorldCat	O
or	O
OpenSearch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LibX	B-Operating_System
edition	O
builder	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
ZK	B-Language
AJAX	O
toolkit	O
,	O
by	O
Tilottama	O
Gaat	O
and	O
Godmar	O
Back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibX	B-Operating_System
is	O
produced	O
by	O
Virginia	O
Tech	O
,	O
which	O
hosts	O
customized	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
extension	O
for	O
over	O
256	O
different	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Annette	O
Bailey	O
and	O
Godmar	O
Back	O
,	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
LibX	B-Operating_System
,	O
won	O
the	O
2007	O
LITA/Brett	O
Butler	O
Entrepreneurship	O
Award	O
for	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
LibX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
