[Dspace-general] Google search results bypass metadata records

[Pat Galloway]

After having read the original post on this topic I was more than a 
little concerned because we have restricted materials on our server; but 
I tested using text in restricted Microsoft Word files and found no 
hits; the same day, however, I retrieved on this string "Michael 
Joyce—Arrangement-4/20/2005" which was the first text string in an 
unrestricted Word document (but not in the DSPace metadata), and got 
this result using regular Google search:

[DOC] Michael Joyce--ArrangementFile Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Michael Joyce—Arrangement-4/20/2005 (updated 05/01/2005). Series I. 
Works. (Subseries for each title). Series II. Academic Career ...
https://pacer.ischool.utexas.edu/bitstream/2081/859/1/Arrangement.doc

Obviously if you go here it is impossible to get to the metadata unless 
you know to sever the last two filepath elements. Clearly this might be 
a concern for many reasons; but I was in the midst of writing an article 
for Library Trends on archives and information retrieval, and found it 
interesting (in the context of archival discussions about "exploding" 
the authority of the finding aid) that opening DSpace to Web 2.0 permits 
this broader, deracinated granular access. I would hope that it NOT be 
made impossible, either on the DSpace or the Google side; just that 
(since Google is DSpace-aware) the searcher be shown how to get the 
metadata if indeed it is wanted for the searcher's purposes. Too often 
we think it's up to us to determine what researchers need and want. Has 
anyone heard any complaints from them?

Pat Galloway
School of Information
UNiversity of Texas