Title: Planning and implementing resource discovery tools in academic libraries /
Authors: Popp, Mary Pagliero, 1949-; Dallis, Diane, 1971-
Year: 2012
Subjects: Online library catalogs.; Federated searching.; Library Web sites.; Library catalogs and users.; Information behavior; Academic libraries United States Case studies.; Academic libraries Canada Case studies.
Abstract: "This book addresses the many new resource discovery tools and products in existence as well as their potential uses and applications"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Information seeking and retrieval among academic users : a review of the literature / Nancy Falciani-White -- Resource discovery : supporting serendipity / Tammera Race -- Developing a user-centered discovery environment / Chapman, Dennis, Folger, Varnum -- Identifying user search behaviors and supporting search assistance functions within an academic library gateway / Mischo, Schlembach, Bishoff -- Replicating top users searches in Summon and Google Scholar / David Noe -- Researching and selecting a discovery service / Jason Vaughan -- Criteria to consider when evaluating Web-based discovery tools / Amy Hoseth -- Best practices for selecting the best fit / Monica Metz-Wiseman, Melanie Griffin, Deborah Henry and Carol Ann Borchert -- Thinking inside the grid : selecting a discovery system through the RFP process / Frievalds and Lush -- Designing an evaluation process for resource discovery tools / Bietilla, Olson --^ Library website design and resource discovery : perpetual beta as the new norm / Juliet Kerico, Paul Anthony, Chris Bulock, Lynn Fields -- Discovery and usage of library resources at the University of Manitoba Libraries pre- and post-Summon implementation / O'Hara, Nicholls -- How users approach discovery tools / Holman, Darraj, Glaser, Mathiesen, Nettles, Walter -- What we have learned from the federated search experience / Poehlmann, Seale, Freund -- Setting a direction for discovery : a phased approach / Fransen, Firedman-Shedlov, Train, Theis-Mahon, Boudewyns -- Discovery in a hurry : fast transitions from federated search to article discovery / Nina Exner, Stephen Bollinger, and Iyanna Sims -- Implementing library discovery : a balancing act / Andrew J. Welch -- Details, details, details : issues in planning for, implementing, and using resource discovery tools / David Brennan --^ Selecting and implementing a discovery tool in a consortial setting : lessons learned / Dahl and McDonald -- Preparing your library for a discovery tool implementation / Jody Condit Fagan & Meris A. Mandernach -- If you build it, will they come? : a brief guide to best practices for the introduction of a discovery tool / Mary Mintz -- Changes in collections use and discovery activity following summon implementation / Jan Kemp -- Catalog maintenance activities in web-discovery systems : a survey of early adopters / Harpel Burke -- Implementing a discovery layer in a consortial environment / Christel, Loehler, Upfold -- Discovering our library's resources : vendor tools vs. in-house tools / Amy Jackson, Rebecca Lubas, Kevin Comerford, Suzanne Schadl -- Encore implementation at a medium-sized university library : unforeseen challenges and opportunities / Rachel Erb -- Implementation of resource discovery : lessons learned / Elizabeth Babbitt, Amy Foster, and Doralyn Rossmann --^ Tiptoeing forward : implementing and integrating WorldCat local as a discovery tool / Tyler Goldberg, Anna Marie Johnson, and Randy Kuehn -- Simplifying resource discovery and access in academic libraries : implementing and evaluating Summon at Huddersfield and Northumbria universities / June Thorburn, Annette Coates, and Graham Stone -- WorldCat local : a solution that changes and challenges everything / Angi Faiks, Dave Collins, and Johan Oberg -- Selecting and implementing primo at a research and cultural heritage institution / Jennifer Palmisano -- Purchased a system? Now what? : implementing a resource discovery tool in an academic library / Anita K. Foster and Sarah C. Williams -- Long and winding road : implementing a discovery service / Courtney Greene -- Implementing Primo for the Michiana Academic Library Consortium (MALC) / Aaron Bales & Mark Dehmlow -- Primo central : a step closer to library electronic resource discovery / Dale Poulter --^ Building a global discovery environment and transforming library services / Peter Webster -- Discovery systems as Swiss army knives : a critical perspective / William Breitbach -- The trial of searching for music using resource discovery tools / Anita Breckbill.