AquaBrowser

AquaBrowser seems to be an excellent choice when it comes to selecting an efficient discovery layer.  It is an affordable, fully-hosted subscription model that includes Web 2.0 social networking capabilities, enhanced authority subject searching, extensive reports that highlight usage statistics, such as most popular searches, and a staff administrative control panel.  AquaBrowser utilizes RSS feeds and boasts a modern and very user-friendly interface that displays the most relevant results.

AquaBrowser searches all available content using a single query and ranks results by relevance, which is enhanced through associations displayed in what is called a “word cloud.”  The “word cloud” is a valuable tool, as it then encourages broader explorations and discovery using context-sensitive association, word variations, spelling alternatives, translations, and synonyms.

More than 700 libraries use the AquaBrowser discovery layer.  AquaBrowser is a sound choice, because it significantly enhances service quality with minimal impact on a library’s resources.