Library Cataloging
The ClaimID service has been getting some attention from the tech folks, CommandN and Inside the Net for instance but not much that I have noticed from the library folks. Yet, it is something developed by a couple of librarians. Looks useful.
- Goodsearch
I just heard of the search engine, GoodSearch. It makes a small donation to a charity of my choice each time I search.GoodSearch is a search engine which donates 50-percent of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users. It's...
- Oai Capture By Search Engines
Search Engine Coverage of the OAI-PMH Corpus by Frank McCown, Xiaoming Liu, Michael L. Nelson, and Mohammad Zubair has been submitted to IEEE Internet Computing.The major search engines are competing to index as much of the Web as possible. Having indexed...
- Widgets
I just noticed Konfabulator is now available for Windows. I'll have to download this and play with it a bit when I get some time. In their gallery of widgets there are none that are library apps. Some are pretty close, search Amazon, search IMDB,...
- Federated Searching
The article The Truth About Federated Searching appears in Information Today. It lists five misconceptionsFederated search engines leave no stone unturnedDe-dupe really worksRelevancy rankings are totally relevantFederated searching is softwareWe don't...
- Metadata For Web Pages
Matthew Eberle at Library Techlog asked if I knew of any search engines that used Dublin Core metadata. The answer is yes and no. The regular search engines we all use can not make use of it, or very limited use. Search Engine Watch has details on how...
Library Cataloging
ClaimID
The ClaimID service has been getting some attention from the tech folks, CommandN and Inside the Net for instance but not much that I have noticed from the library folks. Yet, it is something developed by a couple of librarians. Looks useful.
We believe that search engines have been having the final say about our identities for too long (have you looked yourself up in a search engine lately?). ClaimID lets you classify, annotate, prioritize and share the information that is about you, so that people who search for you are able to see the identity you want to present. It's a really simple idea, and we've worked hard to build a system that is incredibly easy to use, so that just about everyone can benefit from ClaimID.ClaimID
- Goodsearch
I just heard of the search engine, GoodSearch. It makes a small donation to a charity of my choice each time I search.GoodSearch is a search engine which donates 50-percent of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users. It's...
- Oai Capture By Search Engines
Search Engine Coverage of the OAI-PMH Corpus by Frank McCown, Xiaoming Liu, Michael L. Nelson, and Mohammad Zubair has been submitted to IEEE Internet Computing.The major search engines are competing to index as much of the Web as possible. Having indexed...
- Widgets
I just noticed Konfabulator is now available for Windows. I'll have to download this and play with it a bit when I get some time. In their gallery of widgets there are none that are library apps. Some are pretty close, search Amazon, search IMDB,...
- Federated Searching
The article The Truth About Federated Searching appears in Information Today. It lists five misconceptionsFederated search engines leave no stone unturnedDe-dupe really worksRelevancy rankings are totally relevantFederated searching is softwareWe don't...
- Metadata For Web Pages
Matthew Eberle at Library Techlog asked if I knew of any search engines that used Dublin Core metadata. The answer is yes and no. The regular search engines we all use can not make use of it, or very limited use. Search Engine Watch has details on how...