15
Jun
In the past few days a number of noteworthy happenings have hit my radar. Here are three:
ScienceResearch.com debuts as the most comprehensive Deep Web science search engine
Blog sponsor Deep Web Technologies announced the official launch of ScienceResearch.com. The science research portal itself is not new. What’s new is that it now searches over 400 sources in real-time. It runs inside an Amazon Cloud to quickly address changes in demand. Amazon’s Web Services Blog reported on the launch. Paula Hane at Information Today also covered the relaunch in a good amount of detail. All of this press coincides with Deep Web Technologies’ founder Abe Lederman’s presentation today at SLA: Journey to 10,000 sources. ScienceResearch.com is a key accomplishment on the road to searching 10,000 sources at once.
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3
Apr
The Computers In Libraries (CiL) Conference generated a fair amount of buzz on the Web. Those of you, like me, who weren’t there might appreciate some of the links I rounded up:
26
Mar
Computers in Libraries 2009 will be here in just a few days. It runs from March 30 through April 1, in Arlington, Virginia.
I was excited to see the April edition of Computers In Libraries Magazine (in printed form.) In it, there’s a three-page spread about the federated search writing contest and it includes the full text of Rich Turner’s first place essay plus acknowledgement of second and third place winners Steven Bell and Lee LeBlanc. I’ve already published Mr. Bell’s and Mr. LeBlanc’s essays. Mr. Turner’s essay should be available online, at the Computers in Libraries Magazine web-site, in the April edition, in about a week. I’ll let you know as soon as it’s up.
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8
Dec
ALCTS, a division of ALA, is hosting a series of ongoing electronic discussions of interest to the library community. You’re invited to join in. There’s no cost and you don’t even need to be an ALA member. And, the February 2009 topic includes federated search.
ALCTS is the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. The ALCTS About page describes the organization:
Comprised of nearly 5,000 members from across the United States and 42 countries from around the globe, ALCTS is the premier resource for information specialists in collection development, preservation, and technical services. We are the leader in the development of principles, standards, and best practices for creating, collecting, organizing, delivering, and preserving information resources in all forms.
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29
Oct
LinkedIn recently added a news feature to their groups. If you are a member of a group you can submit, discuss, or recommend news articles that group members might be interested in.
I’ve started submitting articles I think are worthwhile to the group. I’ve posted six so far.
The LinkedIn Federated Search group has 83 members. Come join us, read or submit news items, or share in discussions.
Here’s the link to join the group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/156331.
You need to be a member of LinkedIn to join the group but LinkedIn membership is free.
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19
Sep
This week the Science.gov Alliance released Science.gov 5.0. The release got a good amount of press from a couple of press releases (from the US Department of Energy and Deep Web Technologies) and from a number of bloggers, including Valerie Allen (Product Manager for Science.gov) on OSTI’s own blog and the SLA Government Information Division blog. When I worked for Deep Web, I supported the application and have enjoyed watching it evolve and grow.
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30
Jul
Library open source solution vendor, LibLime, announced yesterday that they and CARE Affiliates
“have entered into a definitive agreement to sell select assets of CARE Affiliates to LibLime. The sale will include select products, related services and domain names along with associated service contracts. Final closing is scheduled for August 2008.”
Like CARE Affiliates, LibLime provides open source solutions to libraries, and the acquisition should, according to the press release, “ensure the continuation of [CARE's] products/services well into the future.”
See Carl Grant’s blog article of this morning for his thoughts on the move.
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25
Jul
I keep a list of ideas for articles. On that list I’ve got some items that are quite noteworthy but that I’m not planning to write entire articles about. Here are some of those items:
1. FantasyFootballNerd.com gets my nomination for most unusual use of federated search. Here’s what the press release announcing the site has to say:
FantasyFootballNerd.com today announced the consumer launch of FantasyFootballNerd.com, a comparison fantasy football website that helps users make informed decisions about draft and sit/start choices. It is the first meta-search engine for the estimated 18 million adults who participate in fantasy sports each year.
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9
Jul
Sesam.no has released Sesat (Sesam Search Application Toolkit) as open source software. Sesat is middleware - it sits between data sources and the search portal that users interact with. An announcement of Sesat’s release is provided here.
I had a discussion, via email, with Mick Wever about Sesat; he’s one of the active maintainers of the Sesat platform. Following are some excerpts of our dialogue.
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21
May
In a recent article, Infotech reported that Oxford, Cambridge, and Stanford have each announced federated search systems.
The press releases provide some insight into what was important to each of them:
- Ex Libris issued a press release, on May 5, announcing that Oxford had chosen its Metalib product.
- WebFeat (now part of Serials Solutions) announced, on April 30, that Cambridge had chosen WebFeat Express.
- Stanford ’s March 27 press release announced a partnership with Deep Web Technologies (this blog’s sponsor).
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