Description
Book SynopsisIn the context of libraries, 'discovery' is the process of finding appropriate resources to meet an information need. We are in a new age of discovery where technology has enabled today's researchers to explore increasingly vaster realms of information more efficiently than ever before.
What cutting-edge tools and services are emerging from the growing suite of discovery interfaces and indexes? Where is 'discovery' going, and what tools and techniques are emerging as standard elements in the library technology toolbox?
Exploring Discovery
examines the range of discovery-focused tools and technologies being deployed by libraries and provides a series of case studies illustrating the interfaces and technologies that can be used by libraries today.The key topics covered include:
vendor-provided web scale discovery platforms
using discovery vendors in small and mid-sized libraries
libraries, archives and museums sharing a single discovery tool
custom discovery systems built with open-source software including Blacklight
discovery on a shoestring
integrating discovery to improve user experience
different discovery interfaces
metadata challenges in discovery services
Open Access and discovery tools
regional aggregation and discovery of digital collections.
Readership
: The book will be essential reading for library managers, systems librarians, metadata librarians, digital services librarians and anyone working in libraries, archives and museums looking to evaluate, implement, develop or improve discovery services.Trade Review...an essential tool for individuals who manage their library’s discovery systems. This book is recommended for academic libraries.
* ARBA *
Although primarily focused on discovery in academic libraries, Exploring Discovery does offer any library considering how to best implement a discovery service some useful examples of projects as well as some thoughtful examinations of issues surrounding discovery....this would be a valuable book to refer to when beginning the discovery process.
* Technicalities *
Exploring Discovery is an excellent resource to find out what solutions libraries of different kinds are using, and what are the challenges to expect when trying to improve a library discovery system.
-- Claudio Svaluto * Alexandria *
Exploring Discovery is a valuable book for implementers and is admirably complete on the topics it covers.
-- Thomas Dowling * Technical Services Quarterly *
The authors of the essays come primarily from the academic library world, but there are corporate and museum representatives, as well. Taken together, the volume effectively presents the complexity of providing adequate discovery tools for optimal utilization of the vast holdings of institutions in the current era.
-- Maurine McCourry * Against the Grain *
Table of ContentsPART 1: VENDED DISCOVERY SYSTEMS 1. Collaborative Growth Towards Discovery: Becoming Stronger Through Change - Margaret Heller and Hong Ma 2. Approaching Discovery as Part of a Library Service Platform: Lessons Learned - Nathan Hosburgh 3. When You Rent Your Front Door: A Mid-Size Library’s Experiences Relying on Discovery Vendors - Stephen Bollinger and Kate Silton 4. Exploring Discovery @ Rosenberg Library: What Happens when a Library, a Museum,and an Archives Get Together to Share a Single Discovery Tool? - T. Louise M. Kidder PART 2: CUSTOM DISCOVERY SYTEMS 5. Geospatial Resource Discovery - Darren Hardy, Jack Reed, and Bess Sadler 6. Discovery on a Shoestring: Implementing a Full-Functioned Discovery Tool with Free Software and No-Extra-Charge Metadata Sources - Julia Bauder 7. Agile Open-Source Discovery: Blacklight with EBSCO Discovery Service - Sam Popowich 8. Using Blacklight for Archival Discovery - Adam Wead and Jennie Thomas 9. Creating a “Magical” Request and Delivery Experience for Patrons using a Blacklight-Based Catalog - Matthew Connolly, Jennifer Colt, Joanne Leary, and Melissa Wallace PART 3: INTERFACES 10. The Bento Box Design Pattern - Jason Thomale, William Hicks, and Mark Phillips 11. One-to-Many: Building a Single-Search Interface for Disparate Resources - Cole Hudson and Graham Hukill 12. Integrating Discovery to Improve the User Experience - Sonya Betz and Ian Roberton 13. Fixing Facets - Sean Hannan, Steven Heslip, and Kristen Johannes 14. One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Tailoring Discovery through User Testing - Joseph Deodata, Khalilah Gambrell, and Eric Frierson PART 4: CONTENT AND METADATA 15. From User Stories to Working Code: A Case Study from NYU’sDigital Collections Discovery Initiative - Daniel Lovins 16. Regional Aggregation and Discovery of Digital Collections:The Mountain West Digital Library - Anna Neatrour, Rebekah Cummings, and Sandra McIntyre 17. Open Access and Discovery Tools: How Do Primo Libraries Manage Green Open Access Collections? - François Renaville 18. Discovery Platforms and the Database of Record - Alan Manifold 19. Know Thy Metadata: Metadata Challengesin Discovery Services - Myung-Ja K. Han and William Fletcher Weathers
