Please take a look at the sites below. Each is using a different product currently available. Please leave any comments - likes, dislikes, impressions, what features you would or wouldn't use, etc. - and make it obvious which product you're commenting about. Thank you!
Two good test searchs: bud not buddy (to see if you can find it or if the word NOT is eliminating the word buddy) and harry potter (since there are many formats and lots of added content).
- Aquabrowser - at Old Colony Library Network
- Bibliocommons - in Beta, no live, public sites, not implemented with an iBistro system.
- Encore - Not the classic catalog link, but need to type in a search in the "Search Library Catalog" form.
- Endeca - software behind stores like Walmart, at Phoenix Public Library
- Koha Zoom Browser - Live at Athens County Public Libraries or demo at LibLime
- Primo - at Vanderbilt University
- Scriblio - based on wordpress
- SirsiDynix Enterprise - works on top of iBistro. No public demo available yet, but seriously promising.
- VuFind - developed by Villanova University
- WorldcatLocal - not sure how this would work because the database, from OCLC, only has network level titles for our libraries, not the local library holdings.
2 comments:
My favorite was the aquabrowser search! The word cloud feature was very cool!
That's interesting. Like one of my colleagues said, "I have to take off my librarian hat and start thinking differently". This is probably the least favorite feature to me, but it could also be my age? - Laurie
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