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Abstract:
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The explosion of information on the Internet and information technology in general has
created challenges for libraries to focus on developing more effective ways to meet the
information needs of users. One practical approach is through customized portals performing
simultaneous database searching. This paper presents a new library portal service used at
the Indian Statistical Institute Library at Bangalore (ISIB). The key feature of a library portal
is to allow searching across multiple databases without having repeat search. This feature
is generally referred to as meta-search, parallel search, broadcast search or federated
search. Discussion also includes strategies of local customization and the impact on library
management in an electronic environment. |