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Webcast: The Potential of the Discovery Experience

News  |  www.libraryjournal.com | Aug 24, 2009

Roughly 400 attendees joined library technology pundits Marshall Breeding and Eric Lease Morgan August 18 for the Serials Solutions sponsored webcast, Defining Web-Scale Discovery: The Promise of a Unified Search Index for Libraries.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6685531.html?nid=3303

WebFeat - The original federated search engine

WebFeat® is the developer of the WebFeat and WebFeat Express Search Solutions, used by over 16,500 leading public, academic, government and Global 1000 libraries and information centers - including over a third of the largest 100 U.S.

http://www.webfeat.org/

Topic: federated searching and usability

Blog  |  jweblib.livejournal.com | Aug 3, 2006

Came across a 2000 article that studied user access of multiple databases through a common interface. The users were highly experienced searchers. One scenario allowed them to connect to the databases separately but with the same interface (non-integrated results), and another allowed them to

http://jweblib.livejournal.com/2563.html

ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » 9121514

m. Jan. 24 in Boulder, Colorado. The sale includes both the eBook Division, which will become a division of OCLC, and the MetaText eTextbook Division, which will become a for-profit subsidiary. Both operations will remain in Boulder.”

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2002/01/28/9121514/

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Whitepaper  |  www.elsevier.com

A report on the functionality of abstract & indexing (A&I) database platforms: recent developments, library policies and a new evaluation technique August 20, 2004 Author: M. van der Graaf, Pleiade Management and Consultancy BV Scopus White Paper Series, Number Three Contents 1.

http://www.elsevier.com/framework_librarians/WhitePapers/White_Paper_3_AI_Functionality_Evaluation.pdf

 

Using WorldCat.org rather than the FirstSearch interface

News  |  lisnews.org | Jun 30, 2009

Laura mentioned on FriendFeed that she is planning to propose a small change to her colleagues - that they remove the link to the FirstSearch interface to WorldCat and replace it with a link to WorldCat.org. Someone commented that they’d like to hear more about her proposal, so she's posted what

http://lisnews.org/using_worldcat_org_rather_firstsearch_interface

Wolper Subscription Services - Electronic Resource & Access Management

Thanks to a multi-year strategic alliance struck in 2008 with one of the world’s leading providers of e-journal access and management tools, Wolper now offers powerful e-resources along with its more traditional, time-tested subscription management services and extraordinary customer care.

http://www.wolper.com/ERM/ERM.html

Science.gov Turns the Ripe Old Age of… 5

Blog  |  www.schoollibraryjournal.com | Dec 20, 2007

Five isn’t usually a ripe old age, of course, but for a web site it can mean decrepitude or maturity. In the case of Science.gov, it’s definitely gone the gracefully aging maturity route, having acquired agility through the years, and showing the wisdom that can come with age.

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1100000310/post/1470019147.html

EBSCO Builds on EBSCOhost Platform With New Search Services

News  |  newsbreaks.infotoday.com

Earlier this year, EBSCO Publishing (www.ebscohost.com) announced its plans for two ambitious new search services that would be built on the EBSCOhost platform.

http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/EBSCO-Builds-on-EBSCOhost-Platform-With-New-Search-Services-55273.asp

PLA Blog » Blog Archive » Your federated search experiences, in a book

Back in October 2007, we posted a survey request from Alexis Linoski and her colleague for their forthcoming book Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide. The authors would very much like to add your experiences with federated search to the book:

http://plablog.org/2008/01/share-your-federated-search-experiences.html

 

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