Hi Mike,
We have autocomplete on our brand-new beta catalogue -
http://find.lib.uts.edu.au/
It is implemented using the Yahoo UI Library Autocomplete control.
Right now we are providing results for subject and author, but we are
continuing to refine this feature and may add other options like
title.
regards,
Fiona
Research & Policy Officer
University of Technology Sydney
2009/2/19 Mike Cunningham <mcunningham_at_cambridgelibraries.ca>:
> I thought someone on this list might be interested in this. I now have a
> proof of concept running on our staging port of an autocomplete/live search
> feature for the opac. You may have seen this type of feature on sites like
> Amazon or Zip.ca. It comes back with different results depending on which
> search field the user selects (title, keyword, author, subject, call
> number). Since there is no keyword index per se, keyword also uses the title
> index. The feature kicks in after the user has typed at least 3 characters.
>
> I'm curious if anyone knows of other library catalogues that do something
> like this. Someone pointed out to me that BiblioCommons has a feature like
> this. Does anyone know of others?
>
> You can try it out here:
>
> http://search.cambridgelibraries.ca:2082/search
>
> There is some background info on the feature here:
>
> http://ex-libris.ca/?p=694
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Mike Cunningham
> Web Services Librarian
> Cambridge Libraries
>
Received on Wed Feb 18 2009 - 17:43:33 EST