Planning and implementing resource discovery tools in academic libraries
By: Mary Pagliero Popp and Diane Dallis, editors
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hershey PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9781466618213; 9781466618220; 9781466618237
Subjects: Information behavior; Federated searching; Library web sites; Online library catalogs; Library catalogs and users; Academic libraries; Case studies
Description: "This book addresses the many new resource discovery tools and products in existence as well as their potential uses and applications"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Information seeking and retrieval among academic users : a review of the literature / Nancy Falciani-White; title: Resource discovery : supporting serendipity / Tammera Race; title: Developing a user-centered discovery environment / Chapman, Dennis, Folger, Varnum; title: Identifying user search behaviors and supporting search assistance functions within an academic library gateway / Mischo, Schlembach, Bishoff; title: Replicating top users searches in Summon and Google Scholar / David Noe; title: Researching and selecting a discovery service / Jason Vaughan; title: Criteria to consider when evaluating Web-based discovery tools / Amy Hoseth; title: Best practices for selecting the best fit / Monica Metz-Wiseman, Melanie Griffin, Deborah Henry and Carol Ann Borchert; title: Thinking inside the grid : selecting a discovery system through the RFP process / Frievalds and Lush; title: Designing an evaluation process for resource discovery tools / Bietilla, Olson; title: Library website design and resource discovery : perpetual beta as the new norm / Juliet Kerico, Paul Anthony, Chris Bulock, Lynn Fields; title: Discovery and usage of library resources at the University of Manitoba Libraries pre- and post-Summon implementation / O'Hara, Nicholls; title: How users approach discovery tools / Holman, Darraj, Glaser, Mathiesen, Nettles, Walter; title: What we have learned from the federated search experience / Poehlmann, Seale, Freund; title: Setting a direction for discovery : a phased approach / Fransen, Firedman-Shedlov, Train, Theis-Mahon, Boudewyns; title: Discovery in a hurry : fast transitions from federated search to article discovery / Nina Exner, Stephen Bollinger, and Iyanna Sims; title: Implementing library discovery : a balancing act / Andrew J. Welch; title: Details, details, details : issues in planning for, implementing, and using resource discovery tools / David Brennan; title: Selecting and implementing a discovery tool in a consortial setting : lessons learned / Dahl and McDonald; title: Preparing your library for a discovery tool implementation / Jody Condit Fagan & Meris A. Mandernach; title: If you build it, will they come? : a brief guide to best practices for the introduction of a discovery tool / Mary Mintz; title: Changes in collections use and discovery activity following summon implementation / Jan Kemp; title: Catalog maintenance activities in web-discovery systems : a survey of early adopters / Harpel Burke; title: Implementing a discovery layer in a consortial environment / Christel, Loehler, Upfold; title: Discovering our library's resources : vendor tools vs. in-house tools / Amy Jackson, Rebecca Lubas, Kevin Comerford, Suzanne Schadl; title: Encore implementation at a medium-sized university library : unforeseen challenges and opportunities / Rachel Erb; title: Implementation of resource discovery : lessons learned / Elizabeth Babbitt, Amy Foster, and Doralyn Rossmann; title: Tiptoeing forward : implementing and integrating WorldCat local as a discovery tool / Tyler Goldberg, Anna Marie Johnson, and Randy Kuehn; title: Simplifying resource discovery and access in academic libraries : implementing and evaluating Summon at Huddersfield and Northumbria universities / June Thorburn, Annette Coates, and Graham Stone; title: WorldCat local : a solution that changes and challenges everything / Angi Faiks, Dave Collins, and Johan Oberg; title: Selecting and implementing primo at a research and cultural heritage institution / Jennifer Palmisano; title: Purchased a system? Now what? : implementing a resource discovery tool in an academic library / Anita K. Foster and Sarah C. Williams; title: Long and winding road : implementing a discovery service / Courtney Greene; title: Implementing Primo for the Michiana Academic Library Consortium (MALC) / Aaron Bales & Mark Dehmlow; title: Primo central : a step closer to library electronic resource discovery / Dale Poulter; title: Building a global discovery environment and transforming library services / Peter Webster; title: Discovery systems as Swiss army knives : a critical perspective / William Breitbach; title: The trial of searching for music using resource discovery tools / Anita Breckbill.