1. Introduction / John S. Spencer And Christopher Millson-martula -- 2. Academic Libraries And Discovery Tools : A Survey Of The Literature / Beth Thomsett-scott And Patricia E. Reese -- 3. How Web-scale Discovery Changes The Conversation : The Questions Librarians Should Ask Themselves / Amy I. Kornblau, Jane Strudwick, And William Miller -- 4. Search Query Quality And Web-scale Discovery : A Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis / Kelly Meadow And James Meadow -- 5. Bridging The Gap From Wikipedia To Scholarly Sources : A Simple Discovery Tool / Barbara Arnett And Valerie Forrestal -- 6. Usability Testing Of A Web-scale Discovery System At An Academic Library / David J. Comeaux -- 7. Information Literacy Opportunities Within The Discovery Tool Environment / Nancy Fawley And Nikki Krysak -- 8. Creating An Actionable Assessment Framework For Discovery Services In Academic Libraries / Kim Durante And Zheng Wang-- 9. Searchability And Discoverability Of Library Resources : Federated Search And Beyond / Yongming Wang And Jia Mi -- 10. Catalog Maintenance In The Discovery System : Opinions Of Early Adopters / Pamela Harpel-burke -- 11. A Tale Of Two Systems : A Case Study On The Implementation Of Two Discovery Systems At Davidson College / Craig I. Milberg -- 12. Discovering The Discovery Tool : The Introduction And Impact On Research And Instruction At Seminole State College Of Florida / Karen Kaufmann, Jeanne Larsen, And Patricia Desalvo -- 13. A Glimpse At Discovery Tools With The Hbcu Library Landscape / Ana Guthrie And Rhonda Mccoy -- 14. Implementating A Discover Tool At Two Hbcus / Shaundra Walker And Iyanna L. Sims -- 15. Implementation Of A Discovery Layer : The Franklin College Experience / Jessica Mahoney And Susan Leach-murray-- 16. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes : Trials And Triumphs Of Implementing The Ex Libris Primo Discovery Service In A Small Regional Consortium / Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Leah Mcginnis Dunn, Drew A. Mcnaughton, Elizabeth Novicki, Elizabeth J. Wade, And Christine A. Whittington -- 17. Search Me : Eastern Michigan University's Journey Through The Highs And Lows Of Implementing The Summon Discovery Tool / Jackie Wrosch, Karen Rogers-collins, Michael Barnes, And William Marino -- 18. The Evaluation Of Discovery Services At Lynchburg College : 2009-2010 / Michael G. Ours. Edited By John S. Spencer And Christopher Millson-martula. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Spencer, John S. (John Stuart); Millson-Martula, Christopher

London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis

Ashgate Publishing Limited

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gower Publishing Ltd

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, 2014

1, 2016

2013

ix, 282 pages : 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Introduction / John S. Spencer and Christopher Millson-Martula -- 2. Academic libraries and discovery tools : a survey of the literature / Beth Thomsett-Scott and Patricia E. Reese -- 3. How web-scale discovery changes the conversation : the questions librarians should ask themselves / Amy I. Kornblau, Jane Strudwick, and William Miller -- 4. Search query quality and web-scale discovery : a qualitative and quantitative analysis / Kelly Meadow and James Meadow -- 5. Bridging the gap from Wikipedia to scholarly sources : a simple discovery tool / Barbara Arnett and Valerie Forrestal -- 6. Usability testing of a web-scale discovery system at an academic library / David J. Comeaux -- 7. Information literacy opportunities within the discovery tool environment / Nancy Fawley and Nikki Krysak -- 8. Creating an actionable assessment framework for discovery services in academic libraries / Kim Durante and Zheng Wang -- 9. Searchability and discoverability of library resources : federated search and beyond / Yongming Wang and Jia Mi -- 10. Catalog maintenance in the discovery system : opinions of early adopters / Pamela Harpel-Burke -- 11. A tale of two systems : a case study on the implementation of two discovery systems at Davidson College / Craig I. Milberg -- 12. Discovering the discovery tool : the introduction and impact on research and instruction at Seminole State College of Florida / Karen Kaufmann, Jeanne Larsen, and Patricia DeSalvo -- 13. A glimpse at discovery tools with the HBCU library landscape / Ana Guthrie and Rhonda McCoy -- 14. Implementating a discover tool at two HBCUs / Shaundra Walker and Iyanna L. Sims -- 15. Implementation of a discovery layer : the Franklin College experience / Jessica Mahoney and Susan Leach-Murray -- 16. Smoke gets in your eyes : trials and triumphs of implementing the Ex Libris Primo discovery service in a small regional consortium / Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Leah McGinnis Dunn, Drew A. McNaughton, Elizabeth Novicki, Elizabeth J. Wade, and Christine A. Whittington -- 17. Search me : Eastern Michigan University's journey through the highs and lows of implementing the summon discovery tool / Jackie Wrosch, Karen Rogers-Collins, Michael Barnes, and William Marino -- 18. The evaluation of discovery services at Lynchburg College : 2009-2010 / Michael G. Ours

This volume serves as an overview of the application of discovery tools in an academic setting. It is geared to librarians who are considering the implementation of such a tool.This book was published as a special triple issue of College & Undergraduate Libraries.

2023-06-28