Tuesday, May 29, 2007

#12 Rollyo

I created a very brief, very non-comprehensive search engine of selected California state government procurement sites, California Buys. (To bad the title field is so limited.)

Rollyo could be a useful tool for libraries. Search engines can be created that are limited to specific websites that have been vetted by the library. Such engines could be shared with library patrons seeking to explore a specific topic .

This is an area where librarians can really add value for the user, but it would be a costly service to maintain if the scale grew to more than just a few websites.

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