The ChiliFresh Review Engine consists of a database of reviews that reside on a remote server. When a library subscribes to ChiliFresh, its online catalog is enhanced by giving patrons a way to interact by reading and writing book reviews and providing starred ratings and reviews within the OPAC. Currently, library patrons from around the world view ChiliFresh review content from library catalogs in excess of 65 million times each month.

“At Auto-Graphics, our approach to software development is centered around an open systems approach to incorporating ‘best-of-breed’ technology solutions, such as the ChiliFresh Book Review Engine, and providing that to our customers in order to deliver functionality that can be customized to meet a library’s unique needs, ” said Paul Cope, president of Auto-Graphics. “In the case of this technology collaboration, I am pleased that our efforts to develop this flexible Web Services application will benefit the greater library community and not just Auto-Graphics customers.”

About Auto-Graphics, Inc.

Founded in 1950, Auto-Graphics has been a technology innovator for more than five decades, providing data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. For over 36 years, Auto-Graphics has helped libraries of all sizes become more efficient and patron-centric. The AGent integrated product suite - currently used by more than 6,000 libraries in North America - is comprised of AGent Iluminarâ„¢ a next generation patron user interface; AGent VERSOâ„¢ a complete integrated library system; AGent Resource Sharingâ„¢ a robust interlibrary loan and consortial borrowing solution; and AGent Searchâ„¢ a powerful federated search application. AGent products are standards-compliant, built with an open systems architecture and are available via the Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted delivery model. For more information, please visit www.auto-graphics.com.

About ChiliFresh

ChiliFresh Enterprises, Inc. has developed the first real Web 2.0 applications to integrate into a library’s online catalog. With its focus placed solely on Global Patron Interaction, ChiliFresh has created platforms that enable library patrons around the world to make personal connections based on literary interest and habits. ChiliFresh introduced a cross-platform Patron Book Review Engine in the Spring of 2008 and has since expanded its offering to include Reference Desk Chat and Social Networking. The ChiliFresh network of libraries spans five continents and its content can be read and written in five different languages. The platforms developed and managed by ChiliFresh bring a local library into a global world. For more information, please visit http://chilifresh.com or call +1 913-244-0244.

The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) has contracted with Index Data to implement the first phase of a substantial re-engineering of their discovery services platform.

Taking advantage of Index Data’s advanced metasearch technologies and modular, tool-oriented software platform, OhioLINK will work together with Index Data to implement its MasterKey suite of technologies. The new discovery service, which will be deployed this fall, is the first phase in an extensive re-implementation of the services now offered by OhioLINK, including the harvesting and indexing of information resources, both commercial and public.

“We are very proud that one of the premier library consortia in the country has selected Index Data as a technology partner,” said Lynn Bailey, Index Data’s CEO. “We believe that it is essential for libraries to play an active role in the management of their own digital landscapes. By packaging advanced functionality into simple tools, we empower more organizations to design and implement their own, sophisticated information infrastructure.”
About OhioLINK

The Ohio Library and Information Network, OhioLINK, is a consortium of 88 Ohio college and university libraries, and the State Library of Ohio, that work together to provide Ohio students, faculty and researchers with the information they need for teaching and research. Serving more than 600,000 students, faculty, and staff at 89 institutions, OhioLINK’s membership includes 16 public/research universities, 23 community/technical colleges, 49 private colleges and the State Library of Ohio.
About Index Data

Index Data is a software development and consulting enterprise with offices in Copenhagen, the UK, Germany, the United States and Canada. We are experts in networked information retrieval and management, and have a fifteen-year history of developing powerful, reusable software tools. The Index Data mission is to use our skills and creativity to build bridges between people, technologies and organizations, and to empower information providers to deliver better, more integrated services. For more information, visit www.indexdata.com.

Before joining Deep Web Technologies, Mr. Alsop was the CEO of Packet Analytics Corporation, a venture-backed Los Alamos National Laboratory spinout that focused on network forensic search of high-volume network data. As CEO, Mr. Alsop secured the initial equity funding for the company, developed the go-to market strategy, crafted the partnership program, recruited both the board of advisors and the board of directors and secured early customers for the company.

Mr. Alsop’s expertise fuses tactical mastery, technological proficiency, operating know-how and an ability to develop strong corporate relationships to help drive the growth of young technology companies. His foresight and determination has led to the formation of four different startups. One of these startups became part of a three-way merger to form Panorama Point Corporation which was then sold to a top-tier New Mexico search engine optimization company.

“As I researched Deep Web Technologies it became obvious that the company has a clear technical advantage over the competition which makes it a strong partner candidate for a large number of companies across several verticals. I look forward to bringing Deep Web Technologies to these companies to form win-win relationships for their customers,” said Mr. Alsop.

To learn more about Deep Web Technologies and its Explorit Research Accelerator(TM) federated search product, please visit http://www.deepwebtech.com.

About Deep Web Technologies

Deep Web Technologies (http://www.deepwebtech.com) creates custom, sophisticated federated search solutions for clients who demand precise, accurate results. The tool of choice when needing to access the deep web, federated search performs real-time, parallel searches of multiple information sources, merging the results into one page. Serving Fortune 500 companies, a number of leading federal government organizations, and a variety of other customers and partners, Deep Web Technologies has built a reputation as the “researcher’s choice” for its advanced, agile information discovery tools.

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Darcy Pedersen
darcy@deepwebtech.com or 505-820-0301 x233

While many countries have a wealth of research content in local collections, much of this information has not been translated to other languages. Deep Web Technologies’ multilingual translation capability will augment the Explorit Research Accelerator(TM) federated search engine, allowing users to search multiple collections from different countries and languages simultaneously. The current prototype provides for searches of collections in English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese where the user selects the language desired for the results, which are aggregated, deduped, ranked and clustered in the selected language.

Deep Web Technologies’ Explorit Research Accelerator(TM) next generation federated search engine is focused on making the deep web accessible to all. It allows for comprehensive searching of many small, often unknown scientific, technical, government and subscription-based collections, as well as popular collections, all at the same time. Explorit displays results in an easy-to-follow, aggregated list, all from a single search request, providing researchers fast, efficient and comprehensive information discovery. Mainstream search engines, such as Google, Yahoo! and bing, which rank results on popularity instead of relevance, aren’t as strong for information discovery purposes.

“I foresee this multilingual translation capability as a major tool to speed the discovery process and disseminate critical scientific and technical discoveries, as well as time-sensitive government data,” mentioned Lederman. “Imagine finding relevant thesis and dissertations, journal articles and research reports from Chinese or Russian collections with a single, English-based search query.”

Deep Web Technologies is further improving its multilingual search capability and exploring with a number of our partners implementation of this capability on federated search-based portals such as ScienceResearch.com, WorldWideScience.org and the Defense Technical Information Center’s (DTIC) MultiSearch Portal.

About Deep Web Technologies

Deep Web Technologies (http://www.deepwebtech.com) creates custom, sophisticated federated search solutions for clients who demand precise, accurate results. The tool of choice when needing to access the deep web, federated search performs real-time, parallel searches of multiple information sources, merging the results into one page. Serving Fortune 500 companies, the Science.gov Alliance (http://www.science.gov), the U.S. Dept. of Energy, the Dept. of Defense, Scitopia.org (http://www.scitopia.org), Nutrition.gov, WorldWideScience Alliance (http://www.worldwidescience.org) and a variety of other customers and partners, Deep Web Technologies has built a reputation as the “researcher’s choice” for its advanced, agile information discovery tools.

Media contact:

Darcy Pedersen
darcy@deepwebtech.com or 505-820-0301 x233

Professor John Lancaster, Director of Computing and Library Services at University of Huddersfield, in discussion with Eileen Hiller, Technical Services Manager, stated: “This is the transformational technology which has long been needed to meet student and academic staff expectations in an increasingly complex information environment. It will provide a simple-to-use tool for accessing the wide range of scholarly collections available to users of our library and information service”

“Summon ticks all the boxes,” added David Pattern, Library Systems Manager at University of Huddersfield. Renowned for his innovations to the library catalogue, Mr. Pattern devised a ‘wish list’ of attributes for a new search engine. “I was immediately attracted to the simplicity of the Summon search experience, but also found it fulfilled all of the technical requirements in our technical specification.”

The University of Huddersfield joins a variety of early adopters at universities throughout the U.S. and Australia in pioneering the world’s first and only web-scale discovery service. These university libraries will use the Summon service to enable single search-box access to the breadth of their collections – digital and print, audio and video, single articles to entire e-journals, and every format in between.

The Summon service is built with entirely new technology and based on extensive end-user studies. Its simple, library-branded search box eliminates the confusion users have in finding a starting point for their research. Its aim is to attract researchers back to the library and expose more of the library’s content to them, earning more value from investment in collections.

The Summon service has been developed in close cooperation with the library community and the content providers who serve it. Among those contributing to its expansive content are ProQuest, Gale, Lexis-Nexis Academic, Publishing Technology – provider of the scholarly research platform IngentaConnect – and Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science. In total, the Summon service includes content from more than 6,000 publishers. Library beta sites around the world have helped refine the service. Sites include Dartmouth College Library, Oklahoma State University Libraries, University of Sydney, University of Calgary, Western Michigan University and University of Liverpool.

True to Serials Solutions tradition, the Summon service is designed with library needs in mind. It’s hosted, making set up nearly effortless. In fact, new library sites are ready for use in about six weeks. It’s also built with an open API so that it can be integrated with existing library Web sites or campus systems. To learn more about the Summon web-scale discovery service, visit www.serialssolutions.com\summon.
About Serials Solutions

Founded in 2000 by a librarian for librarians, Serials Solutions is the global leader in E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) that serves more than 2,000 libraries of all sizes and types. Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks, the authoritative e-resource knowledgebase, is the foundation for Serials Solutions 360, the only complete and integrated e-resource access and management solution.

Serials Solutions also is the exclusive source for Ulrichs Global Serials Intelligence and represents the AquaBrowser Library discovery layer in the academic market in North America. The WebFeat federated search service recently acquired by ProQuest soon will be incorporated into the Serials Solutions family of access and discovery services.

Serials Solutions provides fast implementation, easy customization, and outstanding value to libraries throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.serialssolutions.com or call 1-866-SERIALS. Serials Solutions is a business unit of ProQuest LLC.

“Providing the best collection of search and discovery products available to libraries is our organization’s principal focus,” said Boe Horton, Senior Vice President of Research Solutions, ProQuest. “AquaBrowser Library gives users an intuitive web-like experience, with the precision needed for discovery, and meets librarians’ need for a resource that digs deep into their holdings. It’s this combination that makes AquaBrowser Library an excellent choice for libraries around the world.”

The AquaBrowser Library is designed to harness the power of common search behaviors to deliver immediate results and relevant content from a variety of sources. Its unique “search, discover, refine” methodology provides visualization and faceting features that help users quickly and easily uncover relevant results and inspires them to explore more of a library’s resources.

First, AquaBrowser searches all available content using a single query. Results are ranked by relevance and enhanced through associations displayed in a “word cloud”. Then, the “word cloud” encourages broader explorations and discovery using context sensitive association, word variations, spelling alternatives, translations, and synonyms. Associations are automatically generated from the library’s resources and link users to new paths that can help them zero in on the answers they’re looking for. Finally, faceted navigation further exploits the library’s resource metadata to help users zoom into specific result sets and refine searches. Relevancy rankings and facets are flexible to meet the library’s unique needs.

SerialsSolutions is the exclusive provider of AquaBrowser Library to academic and special libraries in North America . AquaBrowser North America provides the service to public libraries.

For more information, visit http://www.serialssolutions.com/aquabrowser/ or http://www.aquabrowser.com
About Medialab Solutions BV and AquaBrowser North America

AquaBrowser is the world leader in ILS vendor-neutral, visual faceted search that connects to any number and type of data sources. Medialab Solutions focuses all efforts toward creating successful discovery solutions so libraries are viewed as superior sources of information and knowledge. AquaBrowser can be found in libraries around the world, including over 250 libraries in the U.S. as well as libraries in the UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Italy and 100% of all libraries in the Netherlands. Nearly 2,500 library locations are serving over 60 million citizens worldwide with the visual AquaBrowser search and discovery experience.

AquaBrowser Library provides unique benefits and quick implementation to libraries. Medialab Solutions BV is dba AquaBrowser North America in the U.S. and is a business unit of R. R. Bowker. For more information about AquaBrowser, visit http://www.aquabrowser.com or call 1-800-546-9816.
About Serials Solutions

Founded by a librarian for librarians in 2000, Serials Solutions is a global leader in e-resource access and management services (ERAMS) with more than 2000 client libraries of all sizes and types. Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks, the authoritative e-resource knowledgebase, is the foundation for the Serials Solutions 360 e-resource access and management solution which includes 360 Core, 360 Link, 360 Search, 360 MARC Updates, 360 Resource Manager, and 360 Counter.

Serials Solutions also is the exclusive source for Ulrichsweb.com and Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System worldwide, and the AquaBrowser Library interface is exclusively represented by Serials Solutions in the academic market in North America. The WebFeat federated search service recently acquired by ProQuest soon will be incorporated into the Serials Solutions family of access and discovery services.

Serials Solutions provides fast implementation, easy customization, and outstanding value to libraries throughout the world. For more information, please visit http://www.serialssolutions.com or call 1-866-SERIALS. Serials Solutions is a business unit of ProQuest LLC.
About ProQuest

ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as CSA, UMI, Chadwyck-Healey, SIRS, and eLibrary. With Serials Solutions, Ulrich’s, RefWorks, COS, Dialog and now Bowker part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.

More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication—including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment.

SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ — Deep Web Technologies-powered federated search engine Science.gov (http://www.science.gov) was featured in the Government Computer News article “Great dot-gov Web Sites 2009″ (http://tinyurl.com/mqs74e) as one of ten websites that take online government to the next level. “The days of a web presence being an optional component for agencies are long gone. For most citizens, the primary way of interacting with their government is through websites,” says Joab Jackson, author.

The Science.gov website, hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), searches 38 government science collections, comprising over 200 million pages of science information, with the ease that citizens have come to expect doing research on the Internet. Science.gov utilizes next-generation deep web search technology (called federated search), to provide one-stop access to the most comprehensive sources of government R&D information. Also provided are a host of features, including clustering of results; links to related Wikipedia and Eureka News articles; selections capability to email, download or print research results; and an alerts service. In addition, all Science.gov searches are performed in real-time, helping citizens obtain up-to-the-minute new information on topics important to them.

“We like to call the audience the science-attentive citizen,” said Sharon Jordan, OSTI’s assistant director for program integration. “We recognize that while it is of great use to scientists, there are also citizens in the public sector, as well as students and teachers, who need to know the source for authentic science information. We try to serve them all.”

Next-generation deep web searching represents the future of search, because it allows for comprehensive searching of many obscure government databases and small collections, as well as popular collections, at the same time. The application obtains results in an easy-to-follow, aggregated list, all from a single search request, placing tremendous research power in the hands of everyday citizens. Fast, effective, efficient and comprehensive information discovery is a by-product of this technology: government databases don’t necessarily contain the most popular (i.e. often-visited) information, therefore the mainstream search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Bing, which rank results on popularity instead of relevance, aren’t as strong for information discovery purposes.

Deep Web Technologies has powered applications for the U.S. government dating back to 1998. Next-generation federated search is used for many popular information discovery tools provided by the federal government, including Nutrition.gov (http://www.nutrition.gov/), Defense Technical Information Center MultiSearch (http://multisearch.dtic.mil/dtic/), Science Accelerator (http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/), E-print Network (http://www.osti.gov/eprints), Food and Nutrition Information Center (http://fnic.nal.usda.gov) and WorldWideScience (http://worldwidescience.org).

About Deep Web Technologies

Deep Web Technologies (http://www.deepwebtech.com) creates custom, sophisticated federated search solutions for clients who demand precise, accurate results. The tool of choice when needing to access the deep web, federated search performs real-time, parallel searches of multiple information sources, merging the results into one page. Serving Fortune 500 companies, a number of leading federal government organizations, and a variety of other customers and partners, Deep Web Technologies has built a reputation as the “researcher’s choice” for its advanced, agile information discovery tools.

“RefWorks is one of the premiere web-based solutions for citations management,” noted Deep Web Technologies’ President, Abe Lederman. “Integration with RefWorks was a natural step for expanding Explorit’s value to our clients, who rely on RefWorks for citation management.”

Explorit currently integrates with citation management programs such as EndNote, Zotero, and WizFolio, via RIS files. The RefWorks Direct Export feature works differently, since it allows users to directly post to their RefWorks account from any Explorit application with RefWorks integration enabled. If RefWorks users are logged in, posting to RefWorks after performing a federated search with Explorit will immediately import the RIS formatted file to their RefWorks account. If not logged in, they will be prompted to login by RefWorks first, and after logging in, citations will be automatically posted to their account.

Citation management is an important feature for academic users of federated search, who want to easily maintain the citations of the articles representing their “needle-in-the-haystack.” With Deep Web Technologies’ Explorit Research Accelerator next-generation federated search, the most relevant results are pulled from multiple collections of information, creating a simple yet powerful tool for researchers to find, select and download valuable information.

Explorit Research Accelerator Federated Search allows users to select results from across multiple searches. All selected results can then be emailed, printed or downloaded using RefWorks Direct Export or the RIS files downloader. The Selections feature also integrates with Explorit Alerts, an automated results search which delivers time-sensitive results on critical queries to a user’s email or RSS feed.

“This is an example of Deep Web Technologies’ continuing efforts to improve federated search,” noted Brian Despain, Vice President of Professional Services for Deep Web Technologies. “We will continue to introduce new features to Explorit to meet the needs of tomorrow’s researchers.”

Deep Web Technologies intends to introduce additional tightly integrated features using their advanced Web Services Application Programming Interface (API). “Our aim is to open up complete access to the deep web, giving companies, software developers and end-users the full power of the deep web at their fingertips,” said Despain.

Deep Web Technlogies partnered with Scitopia.org, the world’s leading scientific federated search portal, to debut this new feature. Those interested in testing Deep Web Technologies RefWorks Direct Export may visit Scitopia.org (http://www.scitopia.org), select results with the “Add Clipping” tool, then click on the “My Articles” link to view clipped results and download citations.

About Deep Web Technologies

Deep Web Technologies (http://www.deepwebtech.com) creates custom, sophisticated federated search solutions for clients who demand precise, accurate results. The tool of choice when needing to access the deep web, federated search performs real-time, parallel searches of multiple information sources, merging the results into one page. Serving Fortune 500 companies, the Science.gov Alliance (http://www.science.gov), the U.S. Dept. of Energy, the Dept. of Defense, Scitopia.org (http://www.scitopia.org), Nutrition.gov, WorldWideScience.org (http://www.worldwidescience.org) and a variety of other customers and partners, Deep Web Technologies has built a reputation as the “researcher’s choice” for its advanced, agile information discovery tools.

Media contact:

Darcy Pedersen
darcy@deepwebtech.com or 505-820-0301 x233

The following colleges have opted to implement the new technology using the Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted delivery method, which provides full system support and maintenance, allowing the colleges to focus on expanding student services without the additional cost and complexity of addressing technical support issues:

• Butler Community College
• Cloud County Community College
• Dodge City Community College
• Flint Hills Technical College
• Manhattan Area Technical College
• Neosho County Community College

“Our libraries are currently working with legacy systems that no longer meet our needs. AGent VERSO has a strong presence in Kansas and with the new AGent Iluminar interface and Software as a Service hosted environment, we feel that AGent VERSO is the right choice for each of us,” said Janet Anderson-Story, librarian at Flint Hills Technical College. “We are pleased with how easy it’s been to work with the Auto-Graphics staff and are excited about starting the academic year with a new ILS.”

The consortium members will also implement Auto-Graphics’ powerful AGent Search federated search component, allowing end users and staff the ability to simultaneously search electronic resources, bibliographic databases and the open web, delivering aggregated results for all sources searched. In addition, members will receive the clustered search engine and faceted results display, and these libraries will have access to each other’s holdings through their shared catalog, which will be a rich resource for their commonly shared materials and end user interests.

About Auto-Graphics, Inc.

Founded in 1950, Auto-Graphics has been a technology innovator for more than five decades, providing data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. For over 36 years, Auto-Graphics has helped libraries of all sizes become more efficient and patron-centric. The AGent integrated product suite – currently used by more than 6,000 libraries in North America – is comprised of AGent Iluminar a next generation patron user interface; AGent VERSO a complete integrated library system; AGent Resource Sharing a robust interlibrary loan and consortial borrowing solution; and AGent Search a powerful federated search application. AGent products are standards-compliant, built with an open systems architecture and are available via the Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted delivery model. For more information, please visit www.auto-graphics.com.

Amongst the first of its beta testing program customers to implement AGent Iluminar is Auto-Graphics’ longtime partner, the State Library of Kansas.

“The State Library of Kansas looks forward to introducing a greatly enhanced experience for users of our statewide catalog of over 900 libraries and 40 general and specialized information resources, via the AGent Iluminar interface and AGent Resource Sharing. Our vision of delivering 21st century library services and resources to all Kansans will move closer to realization through this well-organized, appealingly presented environment for exploration and discovery,” said Jeff Hixon, deputy director, Statewide Resource Sharing, State Library of Kansas.

“The ability to customize the experience at state, regional, local and individual levels through its visual, textual and navigational presentation makes AGent Iluminar a truly user-focused approach to electronic information sharing,” continued Hixon. “In appearance, it’s surprising and new. As an extension of Auto-Graphics’ long history of product development and customer service, it’s exactly what we hope for and expect.”

AGent Iluminar is a Web Services application that was built using the free open source Adobe Flex® framework, which enables graphic transitions and design features in a more visually pleasing interface, while retaining and enhancing the underlying functionality of the AGent platform. AGent Iluminar provides intuitive navigation, using web cues already familiar to many web-savvy patrons, as well as a “wizard-like” advanced search screen that utilizes prompts modeled from popular search engines. In addition, AGent Iluminar employs innovative, attention-grabbing display technologies such as 3D Flip and Cover Flow book jacket display, made popular by Apple iPod®, as well as enhanced drag & drop functionality and the ability for patrons to modify their own user experience through “My Lists” and “My Account” customization options.

Additional information about AGent Iluminar will be made available to interested media and partners at ALA Annual 2009; to schedule a demonstration, please contact Kim Masterson at 909-569-1529 or kxm@auto-graphics.com.

About Auto-Graphics, Inc.

Founded in 1950, Auto-Graphics has been a technology innovator for more than five decades, providing data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. For over 36 years, Auto-Graphics has helped libraries of all sizes become more efficient and patron-centric. The AGent integrated product suite – currently used by more than 6,000 libraries in North America – comprises AGent Iluminar™, a next generation patron user interface; AGent VERSO™ a complete integrated library system; AGent Resource Sharing™ a robust interlibrary loan and consortial borrowing solution; and AGent Search™ a powerful federated search application. AGent products are standards-compliant, built with an open systems architecture and are available via the Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted delivery model. For more information, please visit www.auto-graphics.com.