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Putting Library Discovery Where Users Are

Putting Library Discovery Where Users Are

Scott Garrison, Anne Prestamo, Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466618213|ISBN10: 1466618213|EISBN13: 9781466618220
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch022
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Garrison, Scott, et al. "Putting Library Discovery Where Users Are." Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary Pagliero Popp and Diane Dallis, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 388-406. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch022

APA

Garrison, S., Prestamo, A., & Rodriguez, J. C. (2012). Putting Library Discovery Where Users Are. In M. Popp & D. Dallis (Eds.), Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries (pp. 388-406). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch022

Chicago

Garrison, Scott, Anne Prestamo, and Juan Carlos Rodriguez. "Putting Library Discovery Where Users Are." In Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary Pagliero Popp and Diane Dallis, 388-406. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch022

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Abstract

A number of studies have shown that people start research with Google and other easy, convenient tools. Though they recognize the value of library content, users prefer unmediated, intuitive searching, and consult libraries less than before alternatives existed. To “bring users back,” libraries began adopting discovery systems more like Google in the late 2000s. While these systems, especially good for beginning research, are proving popular, libraries must ask how many users are finding them given how few begin research at the library. This chapter describes why and how to place library discovery systems within the user’s academic context and what tools may facilitate the process, and suggests how libraries may determine how well discovery systems are working, within and beyond this context.

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