[Web4lib] Federated search products

Ina Smith ina.smith at up.ac.za
Thu Oct 20 03:51:30 EDT 2005


Hallo Yuliya

We are currently also going through a very comprehensive evaluation process
of federated search engines and link resolvers at our university. Everything
we did so far is available on our blog at http://fedsearch.blogspot.com

We first conducted a literature survey, from which we compiled a comparative
overview - also available on our blog.
>From that we compiled an evaluation instrument (also on blog) with
evaluation criteria.
Currently we are in the process of interacting with the vendors. Each of the
vendors gets an opportunity to demo their product via Interwise/WebFeat to
20+ evaluators (representative from 3 large universities in SA). We then
have a Q&A session, followed by a hands-on session.

Hope this is of some help, and good luck!

Kind regards,

Ina Smith
Academic Information Service (Library)
University of Pretoria
Tel.: +27 12 420 3082
E-mail: ina.smith at up.ac.za 
 
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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Yuliya Lef
Sent: 19 October 2005 21:45
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Federated search products

Dear colleagues, 

We are considering purchasing a federated search software. As a result, I am
wondering if someone has done a comparison analysis between various products
or if there is one available online. If you would be willing to share your
findings or provide recommendations, I would very much appreciate it. 

Thank you so much in advance, 

Yuliya

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Yuliya Lef
Virtual Library Coordinator
Colorado Mountain College
333 Fiedler Ave. 
P.O. Box 1414
Dillon, CO 80435
970-468-5989 (phone)
970-468-5018 (fax)
ylef at coloradomtn.edu
http://www.coloradomtn.edu/library/

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