I really like Firefox and the nifty extensions it offers. I've been using LibX for months now and I can't live without it. It drives me nuts when I'm working on a computer that doesn't have it. It was especially helpful before we could search by ISSN/ISBN in Cruzcat. Incidentally, if you click "New Search" from cruzcat, or if you are navigating within search results, the ISSN/ISBN search criterion is not there (When the URL root is http://cruzcat.ucsc.edu/search/......)
I think the Cruzcat search engine was extremely easy to install and I'm sure our patrons can find it useful. Personally, I'll probably us LibX more especially for the right-click, xisbn, and UC-eLinks features. However for simple searching I think the search engine is perfect for patrons.
I think we should have some type of link to download both Libx and the Cruzcat search engine on the library homepage. The only way I knew about LibX was by word of mouth and the Cruzcat search engine from this exercise. These are awesome tools and we should make them more available to our patrons.
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