It’s always cool (but rare) when two of your favorite resources announce that they’ll be working together. Long time readers of ResourceShelf know that we think the Librarians’ Internet Index is an essential research tool and one of the shining examples of information professionals not only organizing the web but making decisions over what is and is not of quality. In other words, doing collection development on the open web.

Another product that we’ve written about many times is Siderean, technology from an El Segudo, CA company that offers technology that makes retrieval easier via faceted navigation. Their technology also illustrates the power that great metadata can provide. This post (2nd item), for example, offers more and several examples of Siderean technology in action. Both cool and VERY useful!!!

So, what’s today’s news?

We’ve learned that the LII has selected Siderean technology to help users navigate their index.

Siderean will enable LII’s thousands of users to leverage powerful faceted navigation functionality to facilitate browsing, illuminate hidden content, and enhance discovery to improve their overall search experience on the site. For users looking for ways to find and organize information quickly and accurately, Siderean’s Seamark Navigator will help them rapidly browse these collections to improve discovery. “One of the key reasons for selecting Siderean’s Seamark Navigator was its front-end navigation features,” said Karen G. Schneider, director of LII. “By replacing our existing, cumbersome search capabilities with faceted navigation, our growing community of users will be able to quickly and easily browse our vast collection of peer-reviewed content.

Great choice, Karen. You’ve made a good choice to make the LII even more useful. ResourceShelf will keep you posted as Siderean technology is implemented on the LII site. You can find links to several examples of Siderean tech already in use in this post (2nd item).

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