Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Custom Google Searches

Couldn't resist this bevy of bassets! :-)

I created a Basset Hound custom search engine and added it to my blog. Fun! I also added the KCLS 27 Things Search Engine.

One great idea for search engine use in the library comes from Diana in the Order Dept. She's working on setting up a search roll with a list of vendors to search all the sites at once instead of having to go into each vendor website. I've seen her draft version and am encouraged by her results. This could really help an essential part of our acquisitions workflow.

2 comments:

Snoodle said...

Wow, that is an AWESOME idea! I also like Diana's idea for gathering information about the history of the trail her husband works for.

I wonder how thorough these customized search engines are...it'd be cool if there was some light coding we could do to make an interface that allows us to search by title, ISBN, etc. as well in addition to keyword, which triggers wildly varying results.

Kathleen said...

Sounds like a good project for you! If you figure out a light coding you could work with Diana on the project. Definitely lots of great potential here!