Libraries

Those searching for information today first turn to the Internet browser. If inter-lingual search engines with semantic interoperability had already been in use, simply a few clicks would suffice to obtain a high quality of search results. Libraries in particular are prompted to create a considerably higher added value with their online offers opposite Google, Bing & Co. In this way, the libraries make themselves attractive for users and achieve higher visitor numbers or longer session lengths on their internet offers. Examples for this are clear presentation, automatic classification, as well as easy and inexpensive accessibility of full texts. The user profits from a more in-depth, and quicker search with more relevant result lists.

A further trend is that there are an ever-increasing number new expertise articles per month, as well as laymen contributions to take into consideration, as the Internet considerably facilitates the publishing of information. The biggest challenge is to differentiate between important and unimportant articles and to make interesting texts accessible quickly.

Inter-operable Databases

Automatic indexing, e.g. based on the Key Word Norm File (Schlagwortnormdatei, SWD), as well as the compatibility to library formats such as MARC21, MAB or MABXML, are essential for an inter-operable, searchable literature database. These requirements have already been integrated in the Averbis Search Platform.

The largest library platforms of the German Central Library for Medicine (Zentralbibliothek für Medizin ZB MED) MEDPILOT.de and GREENPILOT.de implement the Averbis search technologies. The German National Library also relies on Averbis Extraction Platform for the automatic classification and indexing of their data inventories.