one search box… your library discovered the worlds 1 st web-scale discovery service for libraries...
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One search box…
YOUR LIBRARY DISCOVERED
The World’s 1st Web-scale Discovery Service for Libraries
CIBER Seminario June 7-8, 2010
Daryl [email protected]
The superior source for quality, credible content
Preferred for academic research and course assignments
Libraries Have an Edge
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The easiest place to start the research process
….but
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No clear and compelling starting place
Difficulty identifying appropriate resources
General lack of awareness of resources
Existing search solutions too limited
Why Not the Library First?
Familiar Alternative
• Simple• Easy• Fast
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Everything Has Been Leading To This…
• A single search box enables quick discovery of the most credible resources anywhere the library has them• Unbiased search results• Customized to your library’s collection• Available without authentication barriers
Only One Way to Meet Users’ Needs
• Architected like Google and other Open Web solutions• Built from scratch and built to purpose• Built to handle large data and deliver results fast• Pre-Harvested content in a single unified index• Moves libraries beyond federated search
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How Fast is Fast? Built for Performance
80% of all queries 1 second or less
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What’s wrong with hybrid “discovery” models?
• Hybrid models that combine indexing and federated search are inherently problematic
• Disparate results sets are confusing• Interfaces are difficult to navigate• Federated results return slowly• Deliver only a limited result set• Faceting and filtering cannot be applied across the
collection as a whole• No true relevancy ranking
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Hybrid ResultsFederated
Databases Indexed Content
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Hybrid models compromise research integrity
• Results are always biased toward what is in the index
Federated SourcesDB1= 20 availableDB2= 30 availableDB3= 20 availableDB4= 10 availableDB5= 0 results (broken connector)
Index= 105,288 available
The Summon model: A Single Unified Index
The Summon model: Meets User Needs
• Instantaneous, relevance ranked results across the library’s entire collection
• All content treated equally• Simple. Easy. Fast.
Unified Results Set
How big is big?
Summon
Number of Records
Average CatalogPubMedLibrary of CongressSummon
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Unprecedented Coverage
• 6,300+ publishers represented
• 94,000+ journals at the article-level, most full-text searchable
• Almost 500,000,000 items indexed so far
• Publishers and other content providers joining the Summon service weekly
• JSTOR and Casalini Digital Library signed up to Summon in the past 2 weeks
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Broad Content Support
• The world’s largest publishers• Springer, Taylor & Francis, SAGE Publications, Wiley
• Society publishers• ACM, The Institute of Physics, AMA, American Institute of Physics, Optical Society of America,
American Economic Society, IET, American Institute of Physics, SIAM, ASCE, Royal Society of Chemistry and more
• Open access content• Directory of Open Access Journals, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, arXiv e-prints, Hathi Trust,
Project Gutenberg
• Major authoritative bibliographic databases• Web of Science, Econlit, Sociological Abstracts, MLA
• Government and NGO databases• GPO, Medline, ERIC, Agricola, PILOTS, TOXLINE, and OECD
• CrossRef• DOIs for superior linking
Superior Metadata for optimized discoveryP
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Author: Al Gore
Abstract: <short abstract>
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Genre: Documentary
Subject Terms:
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Author: Al Gore, Albert Arnold Gore, Jr
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Genre: Documentary
Subject Terms: Climate Change, Global Warming
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Author: Albert Gore
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• Work directly with content providers to receive the best metadata
• Merge metadata elements to create even better records
Superior Metadata for optimized discovery
• Add full text indexing for better discovery
• Enhance metadata for better findability
• Journal authority from Serials Solutions
• Peer-reviewed designations from Ulrich’s
• Cross Ref DOIs for superior linking
Title: Global Warming
Author: Albert Gore
Abstract: <detailed abstract>
Full Text: <full text>
Genre: Documentary
Subject Terms: Climate Change, Global Warming
Copyright: All Rights Reserved 2009
Enriched Records
Raise the profile of your library’s unique collections
…and many more home-grown archival and museum collections
Support for Institutional Repositories
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Summon even goes mobile
Take the library with you…
View it on your mobile device…
http://tiny.cc/summon
20Live Demonstration
HELPING YOUR LIBRARY BE THE
BEST PARTNERFOR RESEARCH.