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== The LibX 2.0 Platform ==
[http://libx.org LibX] is a popular browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that has been adopted and customized by hundreds of libraries. Through its intuitive configuration interface, LibX can be customized by librarians even without programming skills. [[LibX ]] can give libraries a presence on web pages to which they would not have access otherwise, allowing them to contextualize those web pages in a manner that is useful to and relevant for their users. As libraries compete with other online resources, extending the library's presence onto those sites becomes crucial. LibX 2.0 will provide a community platform for the development, sharing, and deployment of applications that will facilitate this presence.
== Aims and Overview ==
First, we'll give an under-the-hood overview of how LibX works internally and how it maintains its configuration information. We'll briefly review how maintainers build and configure editions using the LibX Edition Builder.
Second, we'll present our architecture that allows the creation and publication of [[LibApps]]. LibApps are applications composed by librarians using modules that are created by developers. We'll present the abstractions that explain how such applications are created and published and the necessary API to develop and publish modules and LibApps.
Third, we'll demonstrate a number of LibApps and show in detail how they are developed.