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Introducing Serials Solutions. Advancing library technology with a history of firsts FIRST A-to-Z Title List FIRST e-resource knowledgebase FIRST MARC records updating service for e-resources FIRST federated search engine featuring results clustering
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Introducing Serials Solutions • Advancing library technology with a history of firsts FIRST A-to-Z Title List FIRST e-resource knowledgebase FIRST MARC records updating service for e-resources FIRST federated search engine featuring results clustering FIRST integrated e-resource management system FIRST e-resource assessment service FIRST e-resource access and management solution (ERAMS) FIRSTweb scale discovery service
“Software makes it possible, but the knowledgebase makes it work.” Peter McCracken Co-Founder, Serials Solutions
Federated Search Search Box Native Database
Federated Search Search Box Results based on provider and connector; typically 15-20 results only Native Database
Federated Search Search Box Federated search can not relevancy rank Native Database
Federated Search The fastest federated search returns results in 30-40 Google sets expectations of sub-second search Federated search is a weak link in hybrid solutions Search Box Native Database
Federated Search Search Box If the connector breaks (and the do all the time) there are no results shown Native Database
Web-Scale Discovery Index Search Box
Web-Scale Discovery Index Search Box Results based on full index
Web-Scale Discovery Index Search Box True relevance ranking
The Millennials • Want to be self-sufficient • They do NOT ask questions • They want to be anonymous • They expect all search systems to behave like Google, Bing, and other Open Web search engines • Today’s student = Tomorrow’s faculty
Libraries Have an Edge The superior source for quality, credible content Preferred for academic research and course assignments
Different Behavior The easiest place to start the research process
Existing Options for Accessing Library Content • Library catalog • eResources page • Compensatory behavior…
Familiar Alternative • Simple • Fast • Easy
Value Gap Amount Spent on Materials Value Gap WWW Browser CD-ROMs Online Catalogs Perceived Value of Library NOTE: Medial amount spent on materials by ARL libraries
Only One Way to Meet Users’ Needs • Built from scratch and built to purpose • Architected like Google and other Open Web solution • Built to handle large data and deliver results fast • Pre-Harvested content in a single unified index • Moves libraries beyond federated search
Growing list of Summon libraries Over 400 libraries in 40 countries Proven SaaS: Most libraries fully implemented in just 6-8 weeks
Semantic AutoComplete • Suggestions are Semantic • Suggestions from Open Access and Crowd-Source Content • Great for authorized name searching and scientific terms
Contextual Facets • Facet Categories changes based on Search scope • Searching just the library catalog reveals • Author • Genre • Region • Time Period
Static Rank • Static Rank • Content Type • Publication Date • Scholarly/Peer Review • etc. • Dynamic Rank • Term Frequency • Field Weighting • Term Stemming • Stop Word Processing • etc.
Web of Science • Times Cited counts on Search Results page • Counts included in Static Rank • Look for Pop-up Window coming soon
Internationalisation • User Interface Translated into 25 Languages • Working on native searching in many languages
Subject Guides Display • Allows easier discoverability of Subject Guides • Provides Sub Navigation • Shows Librarian’s Photo