Beta 'bento' beckons @ library


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Developers at Cornell University Library have been hard at work designing a new library search tool that enables users to search à la Google, with a single, simple box. The new search eliminates the need to understand conventions and search techniques that library catalogs and databases traditionally require.

Once a user searches, results show up in a compartmentalized display called a “bento box,” where results are neatly categorized by format type (article, book, website) so that the results resemble… well, a bento box.

Head over to the beta site to check it out and give feedback on how it’s working, and read more about the process on the Digital Scholarship and Preservation Services blog.