Library Cataloging
my.OAI is a full-featured search interface to a selected list of metadata databases. They have recently made some inprovementsAdded a recommender system which suggest other documents perhaps worth looking at based on prior search and retrieval patterns of other users. Changed the way in which databases are selected, now they are displayed as a list rather than databases with checkboxes, this is to accommodate their growing numbers. Added the ability to run a meta-search, displaying the total number of results per database before displaying the search results, the user can then pick which database(s) they want to see results for. Added the ability to group the search results by database, the user can then pick which database(s) they want to see results for. Added documents viewed to the search history, now you can see both your previous searches and all the document you viewed in reverse chronological order.
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Library Cataloging
Open Archives Initiative
my.OAI is a full-featured search interface to a selected list of metadata databases. They have recently made some inprovements
The following changes/improvements were made:
Thanks to FOS for bringing this to my attention.
- Google Eye-tracking Studies
Google has published the results of their latest eye-tracking studies. Could be interesting for folks designing OPAC or NGC displays.When designing the user interface for Universal Search, the team wanted to incorporate thumbnail images to better represent...
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The Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) intends to catalog catalogs and other databases.You know how the ISBN is assigned to books. Over 1 million books are assigned ISBNs each year. What ISEN plans to do is emulate that system for databases. We...
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UC Berkeley has released the Flamenco Search Interface as open-source.The Flamenco search interface framework has the primary design goal of allowing users to move through large information spaces in a flexible manner without feeling lost. A key property...
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Google Talk IM bot to search the AADL catalog describes a tool for a group to use to search the catalog.Adding a new library is variously easy or difficult depending on whether your library system has a programmer-friendly way to display search results....