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[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.

This preconference is interested at developers who wish to use the [[Image:Libx2overview.png|right|500px|The LibX platform to extend the reach of their services, or who wish to provide existing services in new contexts2. 0 Platform]]

First, we'll give an underThis half-day preconference is targeted at developers who wish to use the-hood overview of how LibX works internally and how it maintains its configuration information2. We'll briefly review how maintainers build and configure editions0 platform to extend the reach of their services, or who wish to provide existing services in new contexts.

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 publishedand the necessary API to develop and publish modules and LibApps.

* Annette Bailey (Virginia Tech)* LibX Team members