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Muse

Muse. A research environment for providing the complete Information Service. Muse Multi-user Universal Search Environment. Muse is an Internet service offering searching of available Internet and Intranet information sources for any organization. It is not a search engine.

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Muse

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  1. Muse A research environment for providing the complete Information Service

  2. MuseMulti-user Universal Search Environment • Muse is an Internet service offering searching of available Internet and Intranet information sources for any organization. • It is not a search engine. • It utilizes the power and specialization of existing search engines by asking questions of them and combining the results. • It will search the Web, library catalogs, information databases, and other sources. • It provides Extended Services to allow post-processing of retrieved information

  3. The Technology - Syntax & Formats • Internal data (XML, Q.DC, tree structure) • Comms (TCP/IP, Z39.50, http, telnet,etc.) • Searches (RPN, CCL, SQL, O-URL, etc.) • Records (HTML, MARC, SUTRS, etc.) • Internal canonical forms (ISR, IDR) • Mapped display formats • Actions (SIP2, NCIP, SOAP, etc.)

  4. The Technology - Architecture • ICE provides a platform independent operation environment for Muse • Muse is written in Java • Processing modules operate asynchronously, in parallel • Inherently distributed architecture • Processing can devolve across systems for scalability

  5. The Technology - Functionality • Parallel processing (searching, sorting, etc.) • Processing (dedupe, reformat, sort, etc.) • Store / retrieve data locally (WorkRoom) • Extended Services (Availability, Enrich, ILL) • Authentication & Remote Sign On

  6. Muse Uses – The Library • Content Delivery • Portal • Information Boutique • Virtual Union Catalog • Virtual Library Gateway

  7. The Muse Use(r) – Library Patron • Remote Authentication • Access Muse from home or away • Personalization • Save results, change decoration & functionality • Circ & Loan functions • Status, ‘Availability’, place holds and loan requests • Enhanced records • Show images, ToC, reviews, full text • e-Purchasing • Buy items from Internet merchants • Single Sign On • Access remote databases through the library portal

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