[WEB4LIB] Re: Non-free metasearches Re: Re: [Fwd: Google,

[george at library.caltech.edu]

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 08:09, Jennifer A. Heise wrote:

> 
> Do we need to address the gonzo search directly? And if so, shouldn't 
> we address the one that costs us money first?

Jenne, this would be a very interesting perspective to bring to the NISO
metasearch initiative: 
  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/niso-mi/index.php/Main_Page

I believe that librarians will have a chance to weigh in, at least on
the public service side, on the NISO Metasearch Initiative at Midwinter
in Boston.  I've heard that Andrew Pace, chair of that NISO committee,
will be participating in MARS Hot Topics on the Saturday of Midwinter.

Hopefully, someone with more complete information can supply it to
Web4Lib.

George S. Porter
Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science
California Institute of Technology
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