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1 Recent Trends in Federated Search: A Snapshot of the Landscape Today Frank Cervone, PhD Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology Northwestern University Evanston, IL Jeff Wisniewski, MLS Web Services Librarian University Library System University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Internet Librarian 2007 October 29, 2007 What is federated searching? EBSCO FirstSearch There isn t any one best database for articles on usability ProQuest Kluwer Federated search product Merged results list Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

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4 Daily searches in Metalib /15 9/29 10/13 10/27 11/10 11/24 12/8 12/22 1/5 1/19 2/2 2/16 3/2 3/16 3/30 4/13 4/27 5/11 5/25 6/ Metasearch trend line /15 9/29 10/13 10/27 11/10 11/24 12/8 12/22 1/5 1/19 2/2 2/16 3/2 3/16 3/30 4/13 4/27 5/11 5/25 6/8 3 2 Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

5 The world is shrinking InnovativeExSirsiWebSerialsLibrisDynixFeetSolutions (IEWLDF)S 3 Removing confusion by eliminating choices Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

6 Academic Beta, Gamma whatever Stand on the heads of giants Consolidation Grokker Ex Libris Vivisimo Metalib Primo SirsiDynix Innovative VTLS TLC EBSCO CSA ProQuest Serials Solutions SingleSearch CentralSearch MUSE ResearchPro MetaFind Encore MUSE WebFeat MUSE Aquabrowser Bowker Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

7 Silo Bustin! Federated search as one module of a larger effort to integrate ALL content into a single discovery tool WorldCat Local Primo Endeca Aquabrowser Encore Open source strategies Library Find (Oregon State) dbwiz (Simon Fraser University) Masterkey (Index Data) Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

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11 Looking outside of libraryland Kind of like something out of Deuteronomy And thus Inktomi begat Ultraseek who begat Verity who begat Autonomy who begat Universal Repository Interfacing Automatic taxonomy generation Endeca Doesn t count it s just the catalog Siderian Seamark Navigator Going beyond search, Siderean illuminates previously unseen relationships that can help you discover new avenues of exploration and let you know what you don t know while navigating from a bird s-eye to a bug s-eye view. Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

12 Enhanced tools Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

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15 Trends Number of vendors is shrinking Open source options increasing Progress on the standards front SRU/SRW, OpenSearch Resources migrating to XML information feeds SRU searching is becoming more common Better control of search parameters Z39.50 still the most prevalent Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

16 Trends Holistic approach to content More affordable turnkey solutions Data pre-processing options To avoid distributed query model problems Harvesting of index data Speeds up searches Normalizes searches Increased use of visualization and clustering Encore, Primo, Aquabrowser Greater possibilities for off-site hosting Self-renewal? Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

17 Questions? Frank Cervone, PhD Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology Northwestern University Evanston, IL Jeff Wisniewski, MLS Web Services Librarian University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Cervone/Wisniewski - Internet Librarian

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