Web-Scale Discovery Service in Academic Library Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Mahendra Kumar Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Information Repository

Web-Scale Discovery service is the new buzzword of library service in the current environment. It refers to a group of products that index a wide number of resources in various formats and allows users to search for content in the physical collection, print and electronic journals collections, and other resources from a single search box. It has the capacity to connect the researchers more easily with the vast information repository of the library including both locally and hosted content i.e. physical holdings, digital collection, and local institutional repositories. This article defines the concept of Web-Scale Discovery Service and its features. The author tries to illustrate the evaluation process for implementing Web-Scale Discovery Service. He also outlines some of important steps involved while execution.

Web-Scale Discovery Service in Academic Library Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 216-226
Author(s):  
Mahendra Kumar Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Information Repository

Web-Scale Discovery service is the new buzzword of library service in the current environment. It refers to a group of products that index a wide number of resources in various formats and allows users to search for content in the physical collection, print and electronic journals collections, and other resources from a single search box. It has the capacity to connect the researchers more easily with the vast information repository of the library including both locally and hosted content i.e. physical holdings, digital collection, and local institutional repositories. This article defines the concept of Web-Scale Discovery Service and its features. The author tries to illustrate the evaluation process for implementing Web-Scale Discovery Service. He also outlines some of important steps involved while execution.

scholarly journals The ACLS survey and academic library service

1987 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Ronald H. Epp ◽  
JoAn S. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Service

scholarly journals Usability Test Results for a Discovery Tool in an Academic Library

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jody Condit Fagan ◽  
Meris A. Mandernach ◽  
Carl S. Nelson ◽  
Jonathan R. Paulo ◽  
Grover Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Time On Task ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
James Madison ◽  
Web Presence ◽  
Usability Test ◽  
Usability Problems ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Discovery Service

<p>Discovery tools are emerging in libraries. These tools offer library patrons the ability to concurrently search the library catalog and journal articles. While vendors rush to provide feature-rich interfaces and access to as much content as possible, librarians wonder about the usefulness of these tools to library patrons. In order to learn about both the utility and usability of EBSCO Discovery Service, James Madison University conducted a usability test with eight students and two faculty members. The test consisted of nine tasks focused on common patron requests or related to the utility of specific discovery tool features. Software recorded participants’ actions and time on task, human observers judged the success of each task, and a post-survey questionnaire gathered qualitative feedback and comments from the participants.  Overall, participants were successful at most tasks, but specific usability problems suggested some interface changes for both EBSCO Discovery Service and JMU’s customizations of the tool.  The study also raised several questions for libraries above and beyond any specific discovery tool interface, including the scope and purpose of a discovery tool versus other library systems, working with the large result sets made possible by discovery tools, and navigation between the tool and other library services and resources.  This article will be of interest to those who are investigating discovery tools, selecting products, integrating discovery tools into a library web presence, or performing evaluations of similar systems.</p>

Conveying Complexity in Contemporary Academic Library Service Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Sobol
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Library Service ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Campus Engagement ◽  
Service Desk ◽  
Fundamental Goal ◽  
Service Models

This article will provide both practical and critical insights into contemporary library service practices using the UBC Okanagan service model redesign as a case study. In 2018 the service desk at UBC Okanagan Library was redesigned into a service zone with a fundamental goal of increasing the prominence of complex library services. By improving the visibility of research support within a newly conceptualized service zone, we addressed inclusivity through design and staffing practices while facilitating campus engagement through programming. This article offers a contribution to the ongoing discussion of consolidated service models and challenges the profession to continue experimenting with service model design and delivery in order to support diverse library patrons in an increasingly neoliberal university environment.

Changing Face of Scholarly Communication and Its Impact on Library and Information Centres

2019 ◽  
pp. 870-883
Author(s):  
G. Saroja
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Impact

Scholarly communication involves publishing the research findings by academics and researchers in order to share and make available the academic or research output to the global community of researchers. Emergence of Internet and World Wide Web has brought revolutionary changes in the process of scholarly communication. Increasing price of serial publications, time lag in the publication and readership and other associated problems were addressed by the electronic journals and open access initiatives. Other models like – Consortia and Institutional Repositories have evolved as a cost saving models and improving communication. The social networking sites on the Internet are also promoting scholarly communication to a great extent. In the light of the changing technological environment this chapter depicts the history of scholarly publishing and reviews the changes that took place in the process of scholarly communication. Further, the impact of the changing models on Library and Information Centres (LICs) is examined.

Libraries, Information, and Course Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 39-56
Author(s):  
Joan K. Lippincott
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Digital Videos ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Virtual Services

Content owned or licensed by academic libraries, such as electronic journals, art image databases, and digital videos, provides a means to enhance curricula and allow for deeper learning by students. Lack of interoperability between library systems and course management systems (CMS) limits the use of library content within CMS. Learning environments, CMS, and institutional repositories must all interoperate since content can be used in many ways in both research and learning. Librarians can also add value to CMS if their virtual services — such as reference and information literacy — are integrated into the CMS. The content of CMS raises many policy issues which must be addressed by institutions.

Trends in Web-Based Services in Academic Libraries

2011 ◽  
pp. 80-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn M. Fountain
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Network Services ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Interfaces ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Virtual Libraries

Change is afoot in the academic library world. The World Wide Web has expanded the types of services academic librarians are able to provide their patrons. We can now offer Web-based electronic databases, WebPACS, electronic journals, electronic reserve systems with Web-interfaces and a wide range of specialized digital library collections. Our patrons now have access to a huge variety of information, and they no longer have to leave their offices or homes to obtain it. Future developments include improved information retrieval algorithms, chic user-interfaces, advanced network services and virtual libraries created to serve the growing population of distance and online learners. Academic librarians face a world of exploding digital resources and their assistance in organizing this chaotic web of information is vital.

Virtual Trailblazing: Incorporating Electronic Journals into an Academic Library

2021 ◽  
pp. 353-359
Author(s):  
Karen Howell ◽  
Rayette Wilder ◽  
Lorraine Perrotta ◽  
Joan Lamborn
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Electronic Journals
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