The National Library of Australia has launched the beta of their new search interface, SBDS Prototype (SBDS stands for Single Business Discovery Service, I think), and the search experience is not only better than any other library-related search I have used, it is faster than most of them as well!
Other reactions:
- Roy Tennant at LibraryJournal.comt
- Roy Tennant at HangingTogether.org
- Lorcan Demsey (1)
- Lorcan Demsey (2)
This is an excellent example of what is possible today, and what we should all strive for in our search interfaces. There is such a diversity of resources, and unifying these into a usable and fast single-search service is a credit to the developers at the National Library of Australia.
