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User perceptions of the academic library and how Discovery Systems can help - The Distant Librarian
I wanted to wait until the final post before mentioning Jane Burke's guest 6-part series about user perceptions of the library and how Discovery Systems can help on the InfoViews blog. Jane is Senior Vice President of ProQuest and the...
Some Discovery-related Reading - The Distant Librarian
I've had a few posts about Discovery Services piling up in Google Reader: Library Technology Reports, Volume 47, Number 1 / January 2011, is an issue dedicated to Web Scale Discovery Systems. "This report describes in detail the content, interface,...
Even more reading on Discovery - The Distant Librarian
Thanks to a post on The Federated Search Blog linking to this page: Articles on Discovery, part of a Google Sites "wiki" called Unified Resource Discovery Comparison. Definitely a well-rounded resource, and one I've just requested write-access to. Missing from...
Got thoughts on Federated Search? Win $1,000! - The Distant Librarian
Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring another contest in which you "Tell us about the most impressive federated search application you've ever seen, or about one you've dreamed up. How innovative can federated search be? What unique problems can it solve?"...
Sol on Discovering Discovery Services - The Distant Librarian
Over at the Federated Search Blog, Sol has a great post called Discovering discovery services, where he explains what these new search products are, how they work, and how they differ from Federated Search. I'll be including a link to...
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