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Back in October 2007, we posted a survey request from Alexis Linoski and her colleague for their forthcoming book Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide.

The authors would very much like to add your experiences with federated search to the book:

We are writing a book entitled “Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide”. We are searching for library practitioners with implementation experience to get a complete picture of what the profession is looking for and what the current / forthcoming options are. These contributions will be combined with a guide on selecting and implementing a federated search tool. The aim is to illuminate all of the decisions necessary in order to alleviate the pitfalls of the process.

If you are interested in contributing your experience with implementation to the book, please contact me (kewllibrarian02 [at] gmail [dot] com) asap!

Thanks,
Alexis Linoski

Alexis Linoski is working with a colleague to author a book titled Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide, and while they’ve had a plethora of academic librarian feedback, they’d really like some public librarian feedback. Alex writes:

“We are surveying both library practitioners and the federated search vendors to get a complete picture of what the profession is looking for and what the current / forthcoming options are. This data will be combined with a guide on selecting and implementing a federated search tool. The aim is to illuminate all of the decisions necessary in order to alleviate the pitfalls of the process.”

Take a few minutes to fill out the survey online and give them more of a public librarian perspective on federated search.

What are your thoughts? Is there more you wish the survey let you express, vent, or gush? Post your comments here, we’d love to hear from you.