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Introducing Serials Solutions

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

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  1. 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

  2. “Software makes it possible, but the knowledgebase makes it work.” Peter McCracken Co-Founder, Serials Solutions

  3. Normalisation

  4. Federated Search Vs Web Scale Discovery

  5. Federated Search Search Box Native Database

  6. Federated Search Search Box Results based on provider and connector; typically 15-20 results only Native Database

  7. Federated Search Search Box Federated search can not relevancy rank Native Database

  8. 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

  9. Federated Search Search Box If the connector breaks (and the do all the time) there are no results shown Native Database

  10. Web-Scale Discovery Index Search Box

  11. Web-Scale Discovery Index Search Box Results based on full index

  12. Web-Scale Discovery Index Search Box True relevance ranking

  13. ONE SEARCH BOXYOUR LIBRARY DISCOVERED

  14. 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

  15. Libraries Have an Edge The superior source for quality, credible content Preferred for academic research and course assignments

  16. Different Behavior The easiest place to start the research process

  17. Existing Options for Accessing Library Content • Library catalog • eResources page • Compensatory behavior…

  18. Familiar Alternative • Simple • Fast • Easy

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Growing list of Summon libraries Over 400 libraries in 40 countries Proven SaaS: Most libraries fully implemented in just 6-8 weeks

  22. Database Recommender

  23. Semantic AutoComplete • Suggestions are Semantic • Suggestions from Open Access and Crowd-Source Content • Great for authorized name searching and scientific terms

  24. Contextual Facets • Facet Categories changes based on Search scope • Searching just the library catalog reveals • Author • Genre • Region • Time Period

  25. Static Rank • Static Rank • Content Type • Publication Date • Scholarly/Peer Review • etc. • Dynamic Rank • Term Frequency • Field Weighting • Term Stemming • Stop Word Processing • etc.

  26. Web of Science • Times Cited counts on Search Results page • Counts included in Static Rank • Look for Pop-up Window coming soon

  27. Internationalisation • User Interface Translated into 25 Languages • Working on native searching in many languages

  28. Subject Guides Display • Allows easier discoverability of Subject Guides • Provides Sub Navigation • Shows Librarian’s Photo

  29. Lets take a look …

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