This document discusses expanding search options for nontraditional content by improving metadata and search capabilities. It outlines the speaker's experience improving search results through iterations and metadata. It suggests the next steps are moving from Solr to ElasticSearch, gathering robust metadata in bulk, and analyzing content to better meet user needs, as was done with Google search results.

1. Expanding the Spectrum of Scholarship
Metadata and Search Options for Nontraditional Content
Nicole Johnson
Product Manager, Digital Commons (bepress)

2. What matters in a search result?

3. Context
Relationship indicators
Metadata
SEO
Relevance

5. Our story: as told through iterations

6. We have results
They meet the needs
expressed

10. What next?
Moving from Solr to
ElasticSearch
Remember those Google
results?

11. Wait!
Taking a step backward so you can leap forward

12. A process that leads you to include robust metadata

13. A way to gather and analyze in bulk.

14. Thank you!
njohnson@bepress.com