On Apr 28, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Derek Rodriguez wrote:
> At TRLN <http://search.trln.org> we have implemented a feature that
> takes advantage of Worldcat Identities to suggest authorized name
> headings to users within results lists. This falls into the category of
> "name suggester services" I think.
In the most recent issue of Code4Lib there was an article describing something very similar:
Querying OCLC Web Services for Name, Subject, and ISBN
Using Web services, search terms can be sent to WorldCat’s
centralized authority and identifier files to retrieve
authorized terminology that helps users get a comprehensive
set of relevant search results. This article presents
methods for searching names, subjects or ISBNs in various
WorldCat databases and displaying the results to users.
Exploiting WorldCat’s databases in this way opens up future
possibilities for more seamless integration of
authority-controlled vocabulary lists into new discovery
interfaces and a reduction in libraries’ dependence on local
name and subject authority files.
By Ya’aqov Ziso, Ralph LeVan, and Eric Lease Morgan
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2481
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Eric Morgan
University of Notre Dame
Received on Wed Apr 28 2010 - 10:20:42 EDT