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Helle Lauridsen, Proquest CSA, LIDA 2007, Dubrovnik, May 28, 2007 Scientist in the Electronic Library-is Deep Indexing of Use for Research? Helle Lauridsen Technology Manager Proquest CSA UK hlauridsen@ Information explosion A little History: 19th century: Too many journals published to keep track = the first abstracting indexes 1907: Chemical abstracts vol.1. contains less than 12,000 abstracts 1964 Citation indexing is invented by Eugene Garfield 1970’ies first online databases 1990’ies WWW becomes a common tool 21st century advent of new AIs – Google Scholar, Live Search Academic, Scopus… But – they still search only in the text NOT in the most vital information 2007 DEEP INDEXING of Article Images Why Index Tables And Figures? They contain important and valuable information Figures and tables represent the distilled essence of research – the closest thing to raw datasets Researchers want access to data They are invisible Reasons Why Data Are Hidden In Traditional Searches Data variables do not appear in any index. there are no indexing ‘hooks’ in title, abstract or caption for “dissolved oxygen”, below. A search of the full text bypasses the image files text in tables figures is considered an image, not searchable text Deep Indexing – Abstract Record What Researchers Currently Do Search for photographs and maps more than tables, figures or graphs Use Google Images most often Level of satisfaction with traditional searches consistently rated low locating objects is “difficult” “in general, academic figures, tables, and graphs are not available to search” From idea to reality An innovative Company A Prototype database of 325,000 objects In depth market research set up by Carol Tenopir from Tennessee University 60+ scientists, students and librarians Lots of travelling and face to face meetings with scientists A White Paper Agreements with major publishers In Depth Market Research: Participants In Depth Market Research: Participants In depth market res