Exploring Discovery

The front door to your libraryâs licensed and digitized content

By: Kenneth J Varnum (Editor)

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Paperback | 31 July 2016 | Edition Number 1

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In 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.

Industry Reviews

...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 *

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