[Web4lib] google & library catalogs

[Joleen Crockett]

Not Google, but apparently Yahoo. Entering the catalog address as a search
(minus http://) brings up specific records from III catalogs--especially those
with a Kids catalog. Titles don't seem to limited to Juvenile.  Records often
appear in search results on the second or third page.  



Joleen


Joleen Crockett
Adult Services Librarian
Tempe Public Library
Tempe,AZ

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On Behalf Of Sara Brownmiller
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 2:56 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] google & library catalogs



There is interest here in allowing google (google the search engine, not google
scholar) to spider, or crawl, our library catalog.  Since many students start
their research in google, they might identify information easily available to
them.  It would also help increase exposure to materials in our digital
collections and our special collections and manuscripts.

Has anyone allowed a search engine to crawl their catalog?  What impact did it
have on the performance?  Does your library have a policy about search engines
crawling your catalog?  What factors influenced your decision?

I would also be very interested in locating some records in google that came
from a library catalog to see how the user is linked to the catalog or to see
how the material is identified with a specific institution.

thanks, Sara

Sara Brownmiller			University of Oregon Libraries
Director, Library Systems 		1299 University of Oregon
Women's Studies Librarian		Eugene, OR  97403-1299
					541/346-2368 (voice)
snb at uoregon.edu				541/346-3485 (fax)
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