1 February 2010 - 12:00
The development of new search technologies, and new search behaviours, has opened up new opportunities for libraries to expose their holdings. Our users are more used to searching large aggregations of items, and to being able to obtain rare and unusual items relatively easily. Library holdings, if exposed through centrally searchable union catalogues like Libraries Australia, could see a significant increase in usage in the new long tail environment. To take advantage of these opportunities, however, libraries need to provide tools to make resource discovery easier across large stores of records - including relevance ranking and clustering of search results. During 2006, the National Library has taken steps forward in harnessing these technologies for Libraries Australia. An explanation of the development of a set of rules for the relevance ranking of bibliographic records is given, and the work done to advance clustering of relevance ranking and other pot
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EDMONTON Single family rooms and new designated spaces will provide families with the ability to support their babies in critical neonatal care more closely. Stollery Children’s Hospital Medical Director Dr. Chloe Joynt said that prior to the renovation the NICU had an open-bay design instead of the new single family rooms which allow for more space and privacy. The renovations also added two rooms designed for highly technical procedures as well as designated medical staff, patient, and family spaces. “What this allows the care team to do is to work in a space that is designed to promote patient safety and improve infection control,” explained Dr. Chloe Joynt.