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Triangle Research Libraries Network Integrates Syndetics ICE Into Endeca Search Platform
North Carolina Consortium Becomes Latest University System to Select Syndetics for Enriched Catalog Content
| Source: Bowker
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ--(Marketwire - March 25, 2008) - Bowker, the global leader in
bibliographic information management, today announced that the Triangle
Research Libraries Network (TRLN) has implemented Bowker's Syndetics
Indexed Content Enrichment (ICE) service, which allows library patrons to
search various Syndetics content directly from the libraries' Online Public
Access Catalogs (OPACs) at http://search.trln.org.
Bowker's Syndetic Solutions is the premier provider of enriched content for
libraries' online catalogs.
TRLN is a collaborative organization of Duke University, North Carolina
Central University, North Carolina State University and The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This visionary organization is designed to
marshal the financial, human and information resources of all four research
libraries through cooperative efforts in order to create a rich knowledge
environment that furthers their universities' educational missions.
TRLN has integrated the Syndetics ICE content with Endeca, a platform for
information retrieval that allows library patrons to have seamless access
to the 14 million volumes in their combined collections with a single
search interface. TRLN deployed the new search platform in March 2008.
Content offered by Syndetic Solutions is designed to integrate directly
with a library's OPAC in order to provide the library patron with an
enriched and seamless experience in the online catalog. Syndetics content,
which is also compatible with virtually every Integrated Library System
(ILS), includes full-text reviews, cover images, tables of content, awards
data, biography profiles, fiction profiles, excerpts, summaries and author
notes.
"Syndetics ICE unlocks a wide range of information from Syndetics'
value-added content that was previously undetectable through traditional
data searches in library information systems," said Mona Couts, director of
TRLN. "We have specifically purchased access to searchable tables of
contents, which will give our libraries' patrons an easier and more
productive search experience in the library."
The consortium also purchased Syndetics cover images, first chapters and
excerpts, summaries, music and video covers, summaries and track listings.
"TRLN created the first consortial online catalog in the 1980s, so they
have always been at the forefront of innovation when it comes to how to
best use technology tools to help patrons find the items that they would
have otherwise missed with traditional searches," said John Krafty,
director of product management in the library business unit of Bowker.
"We're delighted that TRLN has now agreed to integrate our Syndetics and
Syndetics ICE content with the Endeca search platform in order to further
enhance the patron experience in their libraries."
About Syndetic Solutions
Syndetic Solutions is the leading supplier of descriptive content designed
exclusively for library catalogs. Syndetics' services enable libraries to
link to more than 8 million data elements including cover images and a
variety of data element matching on more than 4.5 million ISBNs and UPCs.
For additional information, visit www.syndetics.com or contact Syndetics at
(877) 340-2400 or via email at marketing@bowker.com.