AquaBrowser is the world leader in visual faceted search that connects to any number of data sources.  Its creators at Medialab Solutions focus all efforts on creating successful searching solutions with invigorating passion to maintain all libraries as superior sources of information and knowledge.  AquaBrowser can be found in libraries around the world, including 120 library systems in the USA , libraries in the UK , New Zealand , Germany , Belgium , Spain and Italy , and 80% of libraries in the Netherlands .  Today, nearly 2,000 library locations are serving 60 million citizens worldwide with the AquaBrowser search and discovery experience.

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Search Engine for Libraries
AquaBrowser Library is a library catalogue search tool that is altogether associative, helpful and intelligent. AquaBrowser Library offers a revolutionary search front-end for your patrons. Its search technology which took years    to develop, is able to connect to virtually any ILS and AquaBrowser also serves as the interface that the user sees. It It finds items using associations, context and spelling alternatives automatically generated from the library's own catalogue.  AquaBrowser Library offers the first progressively interactive searching experience that library patrons   have ever encountered.

It's time to really open up your catalogue
Consider this: 80% of your patrons do not know exactly what they are looking for. And yet, classical OPAC's demand exact queries. AquaBrowser Library, on the other hand, actually helps users in their quest. It widens their scope. AquaBrowser Library knows how to create associations when patrons enter search terms. These associations link   them to an unimaginable array of potential paths to explore. At the same time, AquaBrowser Library also presents pinpoint accuracy in completing a search. AquaBrowser Library thus not only increases the success rate of patron searches but also lowers the pressure on library staff. AquaBrowser Library adds value to existing library catalogues   by easily integrating with nearly any subscripted digital resource making it a true all-in-one source for the user --          library staff or library patron.

Adapts to your library not the other way around
AquaBrowser Library connects to many library systems and easily integrates many other sources in a seamless, fast      and pleasant interface. Implementation is relatively easy and no change in existing systems and processes is needed. It It will automatically improve search results using additional metadata already present in your data.

AquaBrowser Online provides the latest technology in library catalogue search in a completely web-based environment. There is no software to purchase and libraries get a visual, modern and intuitive website that will bring their catalogue to life. AquaBrowser Online is a subscription service that any library with a collection under 300,000 titles can use. It provides the library with a website it can offer to patrons, using the proven AquaBrowser technology components to search and browse the catalogue. There is no investment in software, set up or implementation or maintenance costs. There is also no need for the hassle of purchasing servers because everything is hosted as part of the service.

What’s more is that it is so easy. The library can prepare its data to be indexed ahead of time using existing MARC exporting standards (all of today’s modern ILS systems must comply with that), and after that there’s really nothing more to it. Once the website is live, which takes a very little time, new catalogue data will fully automatically be updated and indexed over night so there is never an interruption in service for the library patron.  

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