*implementing* search engines for a campus

[William Oldfield]

Check out Opentext (http://www.opentext.com:8080/powered.html).  We
currently use freeWAIS-sf (http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/) but are working
towards switching over to the Opentext search engine because of its power
and flexibilty.


>I too would be particularly interested in both learning what others are
>doing in this area  -- as well as participating in any discussions which
>may ensue.  This is the major "problem" on my plate right now - our web
>pages/documents are proliferating at a rate that is out of control and
>wais, swish etc. are not sophisticated and specific enough to allow the
>targeted search and retrieval that our users are accustomed to with more
>sophisticated bibliographic search engines - we are also looking into the
>costs/implications of some value added "cataloguing" for web pages -- but
>costs/staff impacts/ maintenance etc... are all critical issues.
>If this can be the beginning of a dialog, that would be great.
>
>______________________________________
>Eve M. Ruff, M.S.
>Head of Library Services
>Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
>1124 Columbia Street B1 - 010
>Seattle, WA 98104
>
>eruff at fred.fhcrc.org
>206.667.6845
>206.667.4737 (fax)


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William Oldfield (Networked Information Research Associate)
University of Waterloo Library            Phone: (519) 888-4567 Ext. 2461
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1         Email: wroldfie at library.uwaterloo.ca
Homepage: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/~wroldfie/home.html