Library Cataloging
Search 2.0 vs Traditional Search by Ebrahim Ezzy and Richard MacManus is the start of a series of postings on new search tools. It contrasts the early page content ranking to the link based ranking to the new specialized tools. How can tools like these make searching our catalog better? Can they help our catalogs?The comments make for some interesting reading, they show how some folks approaching searching. "Personally, I like to throw in 'Java Swing SDK' in my Google search bar, let 'er rip, and choose the first three entries."
Searching
- Subject Retrieval In Opac's
Schallier, Wouter (2005) Subject retrieval in OPAC's: a study of three interfaces. In Gascón, Jesús and Burguillos, Ferran and Pons, Amadeu, Eds. Proceedings La dimensión humana de la organización del conociemento / The human dimension of knowledge...
- Open Worldcat
The Open WorldCat Web site now includes information about tools that can help you more conveniently search for library materials from your PC desktop. The three tools featured on this page are:Yahoo! Toolbar. This special edition on the Yahoo! Toolbar...
- 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...
- Cataloging
Why library catalogs fail - comments from SLA sessions by Kathy Bryce appears in Wired West v. 6 no. 4.I think Roy Tennant summed up the call to action with the phrase "surface the content". Library catalog users are used to searching Google and Amazon...
- Categorization
Sleuthing Out Data by Fred Hapgood discusses the power of grouping items in catagories to improve the usefulness of result sets and the ability of computer programs do do the work.There's no sign that advances in categorization and search technology...
Library Cataloging
Searching 2.0
Search 2.0 vs Traditional Search by Ebrahim Ezzy and Richard MacManus is the start of a series of postings on new search tools. It contrasts the early page content ranking to the link based ranking to the new specialized tools. How can tools like these make searching our catalog better? Can they help our catalogs?The comments make for some interesting reading, they show how some folks approaching searching. "Personally, I like to throw in 'Java Swing SDK' in my Google search bar, let 'er rip, and choose the first three entries."
Searching
- Subject Retrieval In Opac's
Schallier, Wouter (2005) Subject retrieval in OPAC's: a study of three interfaces. In Gascón, Jesús and Burguillos, Ferran and Pons, Amadeu, Eds. Proceedings La dimensión humana de la organización del conociemento / The human dimension of knowledge...
- Open Worldcat
The Open WorldCat Web site now includes information about tools that can help you more conveniently search for library materials from your PC desktop. The three tools featured on this page are:Yahoo! Toolbar. This special edition on the Yahoo! Toolbar...
- 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...
- Cataloging
Why library catalogs fail - comments from SLA sessions by Kathy Bryce appears in Wired West v. 6 no. 4.I think Roy Tennant summed up the call to action with the phrase "surface the content". Library catalog users are used to searching Google and Amazon...
- Categorization
Sleuthing Out Data by Fred Hapgood discusses the power of grouping items in catagories to improve the usefulness of result sets and the ability of computer programs do do the work.There's no sign that advances in categorization and search technology...