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IU-Cha Cha Alliance Advances Scholarly Search

In August of 2007, Indiana University and ChaCha, an Indiana company that has createda new and more focused way of providing Internet searches, announced a strategic alliance for research, development and services for the next generation of Internet search tools and practices.


The partnership will incorporate the collective knowledge and experience of the IU library and information technology staff into ChaCha's new search engine architecture. The ChaCha search engine combines machine-based search with skilled human guides who can quickly bring focus and precision to the search product.

Intelligent Search

"The current practice of machine-based search is an essential tool, but alone it is insufficient for domains of specialized expertise and the needs of scholars," said Vice President for Information Technology Brad Wheeler (middle). Wheeler announced the IU-ChaCha alliance with ChaCha co-founders and IU alumni Scott Jones (right) and Brad Bostic.

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