On your feet or on your knees...

Calling all real libraries...
I know we've all looked at federated search tools to make our (and our customers') lives that little more easy. However, the likes of aspire from Fretwell Downing are purtily scarily priced, even if they say it ain't.

Federated search? Your electronic resources and library catalogue can be searched simultaneously through one interface and results brought back to the user in a single result set. Sounds pretty cool. And that sounds pretty cool sounds pretty sad.

Anyway, try dbWiz from Simon Fraser University in Canada. Looks mighty fine to me. OpenSource too.

Now all I have to do is persuade Herr ÜberTechie that this is important. Where's that AK-47?