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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">We’ve had complaints from users who have found out-of-context</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">DSpace</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">documents with Google searches, such as</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/2022/1333/1/7(1)81-82.pdf"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/2022/1333/1/7(1)81-82.pdf</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There is, of course, a DSpace metadata record, but the Google search retrieves the document itself with no link to the metadata record.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">We’re considering</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">disallowing access to the bitstream path</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">so that users will not be confronted with raw documents with no</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">metadata</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">context, but do not want to lose the full-text searching functionality. Has anyone found a solution to this problem?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks in advance for help.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Julie Bobay, Director for Scholarly Communication Initiatives</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Indiana University Bloomington Libraries</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Wells Library E1060</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bloomington, IN 47405</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">812-855-7743</FONT>
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