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Aquabrowser : Implementation at the University of Edinburgh. Morag Watson Elize Rowan Edinburgh University Library. Background. Voyager LMS Implemented1998 Encompass Digital Library Products Federated Search Webfeat Openurl Resolver 360Link. Why?.
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Aquabrowser : Implementation at the University of Edinburgh Morag Watson Elize Rowan Edinburgh University Library
Background • Voyager LMS Implemented1998 • Encompass • Digital Library Products • Federated Search • Webfeat • Openurl Resolver • 360Link JIBS 2008
Why? • User interface not ‘keeping up’ with technological change • Supplier aware of development requirement but not ‘top priority’ • UofE not eager to change LMS supplier • Decided to pursue other search options • Encompass • Vertical search • Proprietary / Open Source Solutions JIBS 2008
Selection • Market Review • Identified a range of possible services • Established a functional requirement • Demonstrations JIBS 2008
Why Aquabrowser? • Ease of implementation • Speed of implementation • Reasonably priced • Flexibility • Usability and Accessibility JIBS 2008
Implementation • Pilot • Available remotely • Technical Issues • Windows Servers • LMS nightly extract • Building a wish List (Interface Requirements) • Existing Catalogue • Other AquaBrowser sites • Other supplier services JIBS 2008
Wish List • Aspects of existing catalogue to be reflected • How to link to features in existing catalogue, not in Aquabrowser • e.g. patron functions • Which Aquabrowser functionality to implement JIBS 2008
Timescales for Implementation • Technical setup – • 3 weeks • Interface Configuration • 3 weeks • Marc Mapping / Data Customisation • 3 weeks JIBS 2008
Maximising MARC • Opportunity to fully leverage our existing MARC data • Return on investment for many years of sourcing/creating high quality metadata • Opportunity to re-consider both current and legacy cataloguing practices • New view of the underlying MARC data – incl. errors JIBS 2008
Initial set-up • Fresh approach – not opac replication • Critically reviewed implementations of AquaBrowser pioneers • Determined initial data handling approach: • MARC mapping/field handling • Locations (“branches”) • Refine facets • Occurrence/labelling of fields in results displays JIBS 2008
Mining MARC data – the AquaBrowser box of tricks • Relevance ranking • Stemming JIBS 2008
Stemming Variations JIBS 2008
Mining MARC data – the AquaBrowser box of tricks • Relevance ranking • Stemming • Spelling variants JIBS 2008
Did you mean…? JIBS 2008
Mining MARC data – the AquaBrowser box of tricks • Relevance ranking • Stemming • Spelling variants • Associations JIBS 2008
Associations JIBS 2008
Mining MARC data – the AquaBrowser box of tricks • Relevance ranking • Stemming • Spelling variants • Associations • Synonyms or translations JIBS 2008
Mining MARC data – the AquaBrowser box of tricks • Relevance ranking • Stemming • Spelling variants • Associations • Synonyms or translations • Refine facets JIBS 2008
Location refine JIBS 2008
Refines / Facets JIBS 2008
Format icons JIBS 2008
MARC – what next? • Post implementation review • Lessons learnt • A FRBRised future JIBS 2008
FRBR JIBS 2008
Launch • Library Website • Aquabrowser : a new way to use the library catalogue • Voyager catalogue still available and linked from AquaBrowser • University Portal • Student Induction • Complimentary not Competing JIBS 2008
Statistics • Usage • Number of sessions per day, per hour, per month • Frequent Visitors • Searching • Top Queries • Top searches with no hits • Sort / Refine Options • Technical • Client Environments / Browsers JIBS 2008
September 2008 JIBS 2008
October 2008 JIBS 2008
Hourly Use JIBS 2008
Sort Options JIBS 2008
Use of Refine Options JIBS 2008
Most Popular Search Terms JIBS 2008
No hits JIBS 2008
What next • Integration with Federated Search JIBS 2008
Link to E-Resources JIBS 2008
Link to E-Resources JIBS 2008
What next • Integration with Federated Search • Content Enrichment JIBS 2008
Book Covers JIBS 2008
Tables of Contents JIBS 2008
MyDiscoveries JIBS 2008
What next • Integration with Federated Search • Content Enrichment • Better integration with existing catalogue • Availability Information • Development of existing catalogue • User led evaluation JIBS 2008
Aquabrowser : Implementation at the University of Edinburgh Morag Watson Elize Rowan Edinburgh University Library