Friday, December 19, 2008

A library based search engine , RefEx, REX......

A library based search engine is planning to be developed by cooperation of OCLC and the information schools of Syracuse University, NY, and the University of Washington (UW) … and a $100,000 Grant from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

According to referencextract.org , Reference Extracts will be built for maximum credibility by relying on the expertise and credibility judgments of librarians from around the globe. Users will enter a search term and get results weighted towards sites most often referred to by librarians at institutions such as the Library of Congress, the University of Washington, the State of Maryland, and over 1,400 libraries worldwide. This grant will support planning for Reference Extract and building the foundation necessary to implement it as a large-scale, general user service.
The project is searching for librarians' intellectual cooperation and their technical knowledge and experience .
Registration (free) is now open for “Multilingual, Multinational: Best Practices in Cooperative Reference” where Reference Extract will be presented. You can register for it on this page:
https://www3.oclc.org/app/ala_registration/
Sources :
1-http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6618859.html?nid=3310
2- http://referencextract.org/

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