Comments on: Student’s expectation of databases http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/ Comments on the library and information science world Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:33:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: WoW!ter http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-40 WoW!ter Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:19:37 +0000 http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-40 @Jos, not entirely. This is common search engine practice. Take Yahoo, Live, Exalead or Ask, they all have the same search beahviour. Google is just a metaphor for search engines. And yes a popular one. @Jos, not entirely. This is common search engine practice. Take Yahoo, Live, Exalead or Ask, they all have the same search beahviour. Google is just a metaphor for search engines. And yes a popular one.

]]> By: Jos van Helvoort http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-39 Jos van Helvoort Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:48:42 +0000 http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-39 Another conclusion could be that "Google rules the world". Another conclusion could be that “Google rules the world”.

]]> By: WoW!ter http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-33 WoW!ter Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:42:21 +0000 http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-33 @Karen, I do realize that Metalib has actually changed the search experience since then. My point was actually directed to my colleagues who are responsible for our catalogue search interface. They haven't chaged yet. Whereas I would love to see them change the user experience to become more Google like. @Karen,
I do realize that Metalib has actually changed the search experience since then. My point was actually directed to my colleagues who are responsible for our catalogue search interface. They haven’t chaged yet. Whereas I would love to see them change the user experience to become more Google like.

]]> By: Karen Groves http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-30 Karen Groves Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:56:37 +0000 http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-30 We're always interested in comparative or other studies our customers complete with MetaLib. We continually assess MetaLib's features and functionality to identify possible improvements or enhancements. Our customers provide us with valuable feedback and suggestions; we seriously consider and often implement our customers' ideas in MetaLib. This study is a good example. In previous MetaLib versions (as was used for this study), our default search was a phrase search. Many of our customers felt that this no longer met the expectations of their users, who more commonly now expect a default search to behave like most Web-based search engines. As of MetaLib 4 – our current version, released early 2007 – we now use a keyword search as our default search. If a user wants to search for a specific phrase, they enclose their search term(s) in quotation marks. Our MetaLib 4 customers are pleased with this change. Best regards, Karen Groves MetaLib Product Manager, Ex Libris We’re always interested in comparative or other studies our customers complete with MetaLib.

We continually assess MetaLib’s features and functionality to identify possible improvements or enhancements. Our customers provide us with valuable feedback and suggestions; we seriously consider and often implement our customers’ ideas in MetaLib.

This study is a good example. In previous MetaLib versions (as was used for this study), our default search was a phrase search. Many of our customers felt that this no longer met the expectations of their users, who more commonly now expect a default search to behave like most Web-based search engines.

As of MetaLib 4 – our current version, released early 2007 – we now use a keyword search as our default search. If a user wants to search for a specific phrase, they enclose their search term(s) in quotation marks. Our MetaLib 4 customers are pleased with this change.

Best regards,

Karen Groves
MetaLib Product Manager, Ex Libris

]]> By: cogscilibrarian http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-29 cogscilibrarian Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:35:38 +0000 http://wowter.net/2007/11/14/students-expectation-of-databases/#comment-29 great link - interesting study! I'd love to replicate that study with more mainstream vendor databases ... great link - interesting study! I’d love to replicate that study with more mainstream vendor databases …

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