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POWERING SITE SEARCH USING DATA HARMONY


  • John Latham
  • February 2005
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BACKGROUND
  • 1996/1997 Web site Phases I & II
  • Webmaster controlled
  • 2000 Major revision Phase III
  • Web site admin with SQL database
  • Multi-user functionality
  • 2004 Phase IV
  • Controlled metadata with MAIstro
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GOALS
  • Improved search capability
  • Standardized metadata
  • Improved web administration
  • Unit web site standardization


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THESAURUS
  • Services of Access Innovations
  • Create Thesaurus using MAIstro
  • Standard, combination or unique
  • Consult the professionals


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THESAURUS MASTER
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TERMS AND RULES
  • Terms & Rules
  • Search criteria
  • Building
  • Testing
  • Hits, Misses and Noise
  • Review search misses after launch
  • Continually update and improve


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RULE BUILDING
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RULE TESTING
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SEARCHING
  • Create search engine
  • Quick search – using Data Harmony
  • Full Text search - keyword
  • Unit search
  • Archive search
  • Log search misses


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QUICK SEARCH RESULT
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QUICK SEARCH MISS
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FULL TEXT SEARCH
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UNIT SEARCH
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ARCHIVE SEARCH
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WEB ADMINISTRATION
  • Incorporate into web administration system
  • Technical issues
  • Metadata as a required field
  • GetMAI keywords
  • Update web pages
  • 2nd phase to incorporate Unit sites


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METADATA SELECTION
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GetMAI SELECTIONS
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CONCLUSION
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CONTACT INFORMATION
  • jlatham@sla.org


  • 703-647-4915


  • Director, Information Center
  • SLA
  • 331 S. Patrick Street
  • Alexandria
  • VA 22314