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FAQs: AquaBrowser Library
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Does AquaBrowser Library work with my ILS?
Yes, AquaBrowser Library is compatible with all ILSs. Does AquaBrowser Library do Boolean searches?
Yes. How are the dictionary, thesaurus, and translation terms maintained?
This information can be supplied to the AquaBrowser as text-files or XML files. These relationships and related terms can be easily mass-maintained. Does AquaBrowser Library hold a complete index, or is an index built on the fly?
The AquaBrowser Library holds a complete index of the databases and does all the searching itself. This way, searches can be performed much faster. For up-to-date holding information, the originating system is contacted when a user looks at the details of a record. These results are show immediately in the result list. Another advantage of the AquaBrowser's free-text database is that it can easily add other types of information, such as newspaper articles, or web pages. Whatever the resource, the same searching philosophy can be applied, increasing the efficiency of the system, and making the search process as easy as possible for the user. What is the relevancy of the relationship implied between the core term in the word constellation and how far or near the other terms appear to it?
The relevancy relationship is shown by the size of the font. This relevance what came out of our algorithms, but the actual relevance will depend on the user and what they are looking for. For first time users, it may seem that the word cloud is filled with many pointless terms, however, one must realize that what seems pointless to them, is exactly what another is looking for. The terms as they are shown are in completely random order, and appear merely to suggest to the user how the user could make a next step in their search quest. The extensive research that was compiled during the creation of the word constellation showed us that typical 'bulleted lists' of information tend to imply a relevance in order - something undesirable when it comes to suggestions, which mean something different to different people.
What is MyDiscoveries?
My Discoveries is the new Social Library Experience found in AquaBrowser, by Medialab Solutions. My Discoveries gives the user space to contribute their own knowledge and opinions on library materials and services. This Experience is beneficial for patrons and librarians alike; by reviewing, tagging and networking the user takes an active role in the catalog. Everyone in the community can contribute and share their knowledge through AquaBrowser. The mission of AquaBrowser is to assist the library attain its role as the epicenter and sole institution to provide and safeguard knowledge. AquaBrowser Library, the world leader in visual faceted search, helps the library take center stage by opening up all of its resources to the community. My Discoveries was created to take the next step: to give a role and a voice to the community, and to connect the people who create, organize and use the library’s resources, inside and outside the library. My Discoveries will connect all AquaBrowser systems world-wide, creating an open global library community. My Discoveries is set up inside an AquaBrowser Library implementation and instantly connects it to an open central repository of community contributed content. This content encompasses tags, reviews, and ratings. User can also create lists within My Discoveries. All of this community contributed content is then automatically reused by all libraries in the global community. It is then used to improve search and discovery for AquaBrowser users worldwide. The user directly adds value to the library collection. To get the greatest jump start with My Discoveries the library can now opt to pre-populate the My Discoveries Social Library Experience with LibraryThing tags and ratings. The rich LibraryThing data includes more than 17 million tags and 2 million ratings on over 13 million books. AquaBrowser makes the most of this rich data because it is the only library search solution of its kind that fully integrates user tags into the search, the discovery and the refine elements.
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