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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>NFAIS members may wish to be aware of a recent piece on the
topic of open-source and proprietary Discovery Services:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From the </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>UK</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> organization,
CILIP Cataloging and Indexing Group:</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/catalogueandindex/archive/2010/09/07/discovery-interfaces-next-generation.aspx">http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/catalogueandindex/archive/2010/09/07/discovery-interfaces-next-generation.aspx</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Not surprisingly, NFAIS member organizations EBSCO, Serials
Solutions, and OCLC all get a mention in this useful round-up of available
options, but there are more than a dozen others that get mentioned.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From Stephen Arnold whose blog entry raised the visibility
of CILIP’s list for me: <span class=apple-style-span><i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'>These interfaces in
many ways are similar to traditional Online Public Access Catalog Services but
they go a step further and offer users some notable enhancements. The article
notes the products “provide modern web interfaces that can compete with
commercial offerings such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank"><font
color="#2244bb"><span style='color:#2244BB'>Amazon</span></font></a></span></font></i></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><i><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'>and the</span></font></i></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><i><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'><a
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/" target="_blank"><font color="#2244bb"><span
style='color:#2244BB'>BBC</span></font></a>.” A few extra additions are
improved visual presentation and additional options besides those included in
the local catalogue. Many of the listed product systems help to improve the
search and find capabilities of library systems which in turn give users access
to a larger and more detailed pool of information. “Finding a needle in a
haystack” seems to have gotten a little easier for researchers</span></font></i><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>.</span></span></font></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2010/09/15/discovery-interfaces-the-next-generation/">http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2010/09/15/discovery-interfaces-the-next-generation/</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jill O'Neill</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Director, Planning & Communication</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>NFAIS</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(v) 215-893-1561</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(email) jilloneill@nfais.org</span></font></p>
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