[Web4lib] Federated search recommendations sought

[Michael]

Excellent point, Brian, but there's the recent news to consider; Google just
bought Metaweb:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/07/google_gets_sem.html

For libraries, I think we can still do more via the overlay or discovery
tools from our vendor community or open source, than with the generalized
metasearch tools (which indeed are built for different reasons). IMHO...

Take care,
Michael

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On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Brian Gray <mindspiral at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would also look at the discovery products in your comparison.
> Organizations are starting to move away from federated tools to the
> discovery tools because of speed, interfaces, pre-indexed faceting, etc.
>
> Brian Gray
> mindspiral at gmail.com
> bcg8 at case.edu
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Stacy Pober <stacy.pober at manhattan.edu
> >wrote:
>
> > Are you happy with your federated search service?   We're starting to
> > look into getting one and would like recommendations.  (And if you
> > really hate the one you've got, tell me that, too - that will also be
> > useful.)
> >
> > Advance thanks.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stacy Pober
> > Information Alchemist
> > Manhattan College Library
> > Riverdale, NY 10471
> > stacy.pober at manhattan.edu
> >
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