Hi everyone, The Getty is considering using Solr as a way to search across collections at the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute, similar to the project at the Smithsonian that Jeffrey references below. This is not a front-end interface to replace searching in TMS, which we do not have any issues with. We're still very much at the prototype phase, but I'm happy to share our progress with this project to the TMS Listserv as it becomes more defined and developed. Erin Erin Coburn Head of Collection Information & Access J. Paul Getty Museum [log in to unmask] >>> "Smith, Jeffrey" <[log in to unmask]> 1/28/2010 1:59 PM >>> Would like to hear about that as well. The Smithsonian SIRIS Cross-search uses a Solr-Lucene index. It's amazingly fast and pulls results from the libraries, archives, and collections. http://www.siris.si.edu From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tuck, Emily Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Anyone using Lucene or Lucene/Solr to enhance search? Greetings: We just got back from a tour of the Getty and observed that they were using Lucene to index the data in TMS (actually in SQL Server). I was told that Boston MFA did this as well. I’d love to hear from other institutions who have developed their own front end to TMS and employed Lucene or other search engine to make TMS easy and intuitive to search. Thank you, Emily Emily Nedell Tuck Data Standards Manager Museum of Fine Arts, Houston P.O. Box 6826 Houston, Texas 77265-6826 (713) 353-1523 [log in to unmask]