Federated Search Falls Short

Stacey Knight-Davis; Sarah L. Johnson; Karen Whisler

Federated Search Falls Short

Stacey Knight-Davis, Sarah L. Johnson, Karen Whisler

Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University

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After adopting a federated search product and featuring it prominently on the library's Web site in 2006, Booth Library greatly reduced the visibility of the product in 2008 due to poor performance and lower than expected use. This session provides evidence from actual practice on the use of federated searching.

Idioma original	American English
Estado	Published - oct 9 2009
Evento	Illinois Library Association Conference - Duración: oct 9 2009 → …

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Conference	Illinois Library Association Conference
Período	10/9/09 → …

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Library and Information Science

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