Exploit Interactive Issue 6: Search Facilities On Telematics For Library Web Sites

In this review of Telematics For Library Project Web sites Brian Kelly reports on the search facilities provided by the project Web sites.

Background

Many of the Telematics For Library Projects should now have mature Web sites which provide valuable services, reports, etc. to their user communities. It will be of interest to new and programmes projects to review the approaches to the provision of search facilities provided by the projects.

Methodology

A survey of the Telematics For Libraries projects (as listed at [1]) was carried out on 13-14 th June 2000. Links to a search facility from the home page (or in a small number of cases from a likely page which was linked from the home page) were looked for. If a search facility was found, the URL and name of the page were recorded and, if possible, a search box was included in the summary. The details are available in Appendix 1.

Discussion

The findings are very interesting. They show that a very low percentage of project Web sites provide a search facility. For users to find resources on a project Web site they will be dependent on the site's navigational facilities.

**Table 1: Summary Of Search Facilities**
Category	Number
Never had Web site	17
Web site domain no longer available	7
Web resource no longer available	13
No search facility on web site	54
Search facility on Web site (open access)	6
Search facility on Web site (restricted access)	2
Total	99

Many of the projects listed have now finished (some up to 3 years ago). Projects may not have had the resources or technical expertise to install local search facilities. However it is now possible to make use of third party services which can index your Web site often, especially in the case of small Web sites, for free. New projects may find it useful to make use of services such as Atomz [2] or [3].

Appendix 1

**Table 2: Information On Search Facilities Provided On Telematics for Library Project Web Sites**
	Project	Search Facility	Comments
1	AIDA	None
2	ARCA	None
3	BALTICSEAWEB	None
4	BAMBI		Web page not found. Was at <http://www.ilc.pi.cnr.it/bambi.html>
5	BIBDEL	None
6	BIBLINK	None
7	BIBLIOTECA	None
8	BORGES		Web site not found. Was at <http://borges.compapp.dcu.ie/V2BORGES/>
9	CAMILE	None
10	CANAL/LS	None
10	CANDLE	None
11	CANTATE	None
12	CASA	None
13	CASELIBRARY	None
14	CDBIB		Web page not found. Was at <http://www.konbib.nl/kb/sbo/proj/cdbib/>
15	CECUP	ECUP Search Page	Uses CNIDR's Isearch.
16	CHILIAS	None
17	CoBRA		No web site
18	CoBRA+	None
19	COPINET	None
20	DALI		Web site not found. Was at <http://dallas.ucd.ie:80/~dali/>
22	DEBORA	None
23	DECIDE	None
24	DELICAT	None
25	DERAL	None
26	DIEPER	Search the DIEPER Register	Search the records of digitised periodicals or for articles, authors, etc.
27	ECUP+	ECUP Search Page	Uses the same search service (hosted in Finland) as the related CECUP project.
28	EDIL		Web page not found. Was at <http://www.inist.fr/accueil/edil.htm>
29	EDILIBE I		No web site
30	EDILIBE II	None
31	EDUCATE	None
32	EFILA+		Web site not found. Was at <http://www.ewos.be/fora/index.htm#efila>
33	EFILA97		No web site
34	ELISE	None
35	ELISE II	None	Same Web site as ELISE project
36	ELITE		No web site
37	ELSA		No web site
38	ELVIL	None
39	ELVIL 2000	None
40	EQLIPSE	None
41	EQUINOX	None
42	EULER	None
43	EURILIA	None
44	EUROPAGATE	None
45	EXCEL	None
46	EXLIB	None
47	EXPLOIT	Search portal	Search facility not visible from main entry point
47A	Exploit Interactive	Exploit Interactive: Search	Uses Microsoft SiteServer search engine
48	FACIT		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://www.komm.ruc.dk/FACIT/>
49	FASTDOC		No web site
50	Harmonica	None
51	HELEN	None
52	HERCULE	None
53	HISTORIA		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://www.wmin.ac.uk/~vassilis/historia.htm">>
54	HYPERLIB	None
55	IFLA-EU		No web site
56	ILIERS		Web site no longer available. Was at <http://195.97.146.102/iliershomepage/default.htm>
57	ILSES	None
58	IMPRESS	None
59	INCIPIT		No web site
60	ION		No web site
61	JUKEBOX	None
62	LAURIN	None
63	LIBECON2000	None
64	LIBERATION	Liberation Electronic Library	Must be logged in to use search. Uses Hyperwave.
65	LIBERATOR	None
66	LIRN	None
67	LISTED	None
68	MALVINE	Yes, but not accessible	Requires registration
69	MASTER		No web site
70	MECANO	None
71	MINSTREL	None
72	MIRACLE	None
73	MOBILE		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://www.efc.co.uk/CDA/MOBILE.html>
74	MORE		No web site
75	MUMLIB	None
76	MURIEL		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://www.teles.de/de/eu/muriel.html>
77	NEDLIB	Search
78	OLUIT		No web site
79	ONE		No web site
80	ONE II		No web site
81	PLAIN		No web site
82	PRIDE	Public Library People - Search	No search of project Web site. The search directory is one of one of the project deliverables
83	PUBLICA	Search The PubliCA Web Site
84	REACTIVE TELECOM		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://ris.niaa.org.uk/reactive.htm>
85	RIDDLE	None
86	SELF		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://www.sppb.se/self/selfeng.htm>
87	SESAM		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://www.3di.it/Progetti/Sesam/Sesam.htm>
88	SOCKER		Web site no longer available. Was at <http://mediator.uni-c.dk/socker/>
89	SPRINTEL		Web site no longer available. Was at <http://www.iol.ie/resource/dublincitylibrary/sprintel/>
90	SR TARGET / PARAGON		Web site no longer available. Was at <http://mediator.uni-c.dk/paragon>
91	TECUP	None
92	TESTLAB	None
93	TOLIMAC	None
94	TRANSLIB		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://peterpan.uc3m.es/proyectos/translib/HomePage.htm>
95	UNIVERSE	None
96	USEMARCON		No web site
97	VAN EYCK		Web page no longer available. Was at <http://www.hart.bbk.ac.uk/van_eyck.html>. Redirects to <http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hafvm/>
98	VERITY		No web site
99	VILIB	None

References

Author Details

For citation purposes:
Brian Kelly, "Search Facilities On Telematics For Library Web Sites", Exploit Interactive, issue 6, 26th June 2000
URL: <http://www.exploit-lib.org/issue6/search-facilities/>