Oklahoma State & AquaBrowser Present the BOSS

Posted August 20, 2007  |  Filed Under Syndetics, Readers Advisory, Online Databases

The Oklahoma State University Libraries are pleased to unveil a new alternative catalog interface called BOSS: Big Orange Search System. We believe our users will find BOSS to be a more intuitive search interface, providing new ways to search, discover and refine results. The interface is powered by AquaBrowser® from Medialab Solutions BV, a world leader in visual faceted search.

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Bowker Plans to Introduce Non-Fiction Connection

Posted February 27, 2007  |  Filed Under Books In Print, Readers Advisory, Online Databases

Bowker, the world’s leading provider of bibliographic information, today announced the development of Non-Fiction Connection, the industry’s first comprehensive readers’ advisory tool for non-fiction titles.The new electronic offering will allow users to find non-fiction titles based on books they have already read. Users will simply log on to the subscription-only service, enter the title of a book they already know they enjoy, and search for similar books from Bowker’s non-fiction database. Using the browse feature, users will also be able to locate books within various narrative non-fiction genres, such as true crime, travel, history, food, animals, politics and biographies.

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Microsoft Live Names GlobalBooksInPrint.com Database of Record

Posted January 8, 2007  |  Filed Under Books In Print, Online Databases

Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today announced that its GlobalBooksInPrint.com database has been selected by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to provide the basic and value-added data that will enhance descriptions of books incorporated in the new Live Search Books search service from Microsoft.Live Search Books, which was released in beta form by Microsoft in December, is part of an ambitious project by Microsoft to scan millions of books and index them for online searching. The search engine allows users to search the full-texts of scanned books and is currently restricted to out-of-copyright books scanned from the collections of leading libraries such as The British Library, the University of California and the University of Toronto. In a later release, Microsoft will also add copyright works that publishers have given permission to include in the project.

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Fiction Connection Honored by Charleston Advisor

Posted November 30, 2006  |  Filed Under Books In Print, Readers Advisory, Online Databases

Bowker, the world’s leading provider of bibliographic information, today announced that its Fiction Connection readers’ advisory tool was feted as the “Best Interface” for electronic services of interest to libraries.The selection was made by the members of the editorial board from the highly regarded library trade publication, The Charleston Advisor. Bowker’s Fiction Connection was recognized for “an innovative search interface with a graphical tagging-like screen for which librarians can’t seem to get enough.”

Fiction and biography books published in the U.S. can be easily identified through FictionConnection.com, which allows patrons or librarians to search similar titles by entering the title of a book they already know they enjoy, or browsing by location, topic, character, genre, timeframe or setting.

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Bowker Launches New Resources for College Libraries (RCL) Website

Posted October 31, 2006  |  Filed Under Core Lists, BBAS, RCL, Online Databases

Bowker, publisher of Books In Print®, and Choice Magazine, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), have launched the online edition of the highly anticipated new Resources for College Libraries (RCL). RCLweb.net, an online database of hand-selected core titles for academic libraries, is the successor to the American Library Association’s classic reference work, Books for College Libraries, which was also developed by Choice and last published in its third edition in 1988. This first-ever Web core list was put together by more than 350 academic librarians and faculty, each with expertise in his or her assigned area.

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