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]]> By: Richard X. Thripp http://blogs.capella.edu/library/2008/08/09/is-nationalist-arrogance-messing-up-your-search/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Richard X. Thripp Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:54:07 +0000 http://www.capella-id.com/library/?p=354#comment-146 This is why library catalogs are going to have to move toward Google-like relevance searching. Keyword relevance, weighted fields (titles are more important), and perhaps even patron voting can help bring the most important stuff to the top. I know librarians spend a lot of time weeding their collections to overcome the current search technologies. If we can get results to be more relevant, weeding will be less necessary. The resources that are obscure can prove invaluable for specialized reports, yet fall to the bottom of the list with the more relevant stuff above. This is why library catalogs are going to have to move toward Google-like relevance searching. Keyword relevance, weighted fields (titles are more important), and perhaps even patron voting can help bring the most important stuff to the top.

I know librarians spend a lot of time weeding their collections to overcome the current search technologies. If we can get results to be more relevant, weeding will be less necessary. The resources that are obscure can prove invaluable for specialized reports, yet fall to the bottom of the list with the more relevant stuff above.

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