Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2008
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Against the Grain
Volume
20
Issue
3
First Page
18
Last Page
22
Date of Submission
June 2014
Abstract
In order to take the temperature of the academic library community with regard to external search boxes, the authors visited 111 academic ARL Library web sites on October 9th, 2007. In visiting each homepage, a record was kept detailing the presence and type of search boxes appearing at the top level. The resulting data paints an interesting portrait of diverse approaches, congruencies, and innovation. Globally this measure strikes to the core of current technological challenges with library search and web site design.
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