Three things struck me about this development: 1 – It looks like Elsevier is outsourcing the work. This seems like a good choice as it is not a core competency. We have spent a massive about of time and money (for us) on figuring out how content can be usefully integrated into a technologists workflow. We are only now beginning to understand it such that we can make intelligent investments…

Ken Wong’s blog - Virtual Desktop/Desktop Engineering – captures Knovel’s value to engineers well – he even introduces an element of humor (I smiled at the embedded video’s reference to American Idol – you’ll have to see for yourself) which is hard to do with engineering content. So if you’re trying to better understand the value of content to design engineers and want to pass on the learning take a look…

First, I’d like to thank everyone who read my last post and contacted me with their suggestions for a new name for Fielded Search.  One thing was unanimous:  Fielded Search is not the best name.  But I repeat myself. One characteristic that unites the community of information professionals is their outspokenness.  One of our users, Kristen Whitman from The Intellogist, wrote, “I feel like I’ve encountered many other search engines…