TRLN Endeca Implementation

Scope of project
During the fall of 2006, the TRLN Governing Board approved a new initiative called Digital TRLN, a unique opportunity to lead in the creation of innovative digital collections and services for the twenty-first century. TRLN's new direction will include several areas of emphasis: http://www.trln.org/digital.htm. One of the Digital TRLN initiatives is "Search TRLN," the goal of which is:

To provide interactive user services and new tools to search TRLN: We will explore using Endeca's "faceted browsing" software across all TRLN collections to provide a seamless search and request environment for faculty and students on each campus.

Timeline Team Members

Phase 1: June 2007 - first quarter 2008

Phase 1 Goals
3/25/08: It's Alive!

Phase 2: Beginning in first quarter 2008

What is faceted browsing?

Article: http://www.trln.org/highlights/feb2007.pdf   

Examples: NCSU | FCLA

FAQ's coming soon

Steering Committee

Task Groups:
Data & Indexing | User Interface
Document Delivery | Usability

Partners

Endeca Professional Services  http://endeca.com/
Role: assist and advise the project team during the design and implementation of the Endeca software to meet TRLN Goals.

MCNC  http://www.mcnc.org/
Role: provide dedicated hosting support for the servers that house the TRLN Endeca instance.
Do you have questions about the project?
Please use our comments form to send us your questions or suggestions.

comments to: patti.pittman@unc.edu
last modified: 06/18/08