One Academic Library—One Year of Web-scale Discovery

Tonia Graves, the electronic resources librarian at Old Dominion University, described her library's discovery environment using Marshall Breeding's 2010 article “The State of the Art in Library Discovery” as a framework for her discussion. She discussed the library website redesign, the creation of a mobile website, the audit and reconsideration of the role of the integrated library system (ILS), and the implementation of WorldCat Local. The objective of the presentation was to highlight the challenges of revamping the art of discovery in the library and the application of usage data to evaluate the success of the program.     

机会发现理论对推荐系统的改进

文章分析推荐系统的现状和存在问题,引入关注动态变化、发现隐性关联和弱信号的机会发现理论,依次从收集用户信息、掌握用户兴趣变化和匹配资源方面,探讨机会发现理论对推荐系统的改进。通过改进兴趣模型、建立自适应推荐模块、提供集成推荐等措施,提升推荐系统效率。     

OPAC图书相关文献资源发现与获取方法实现

针对Web环境下日益丰富的图书相关信息资源,如电子图书、随书光盘、网络书评等,其类型的多样性、平台的异构性以及隐蔽性使得读者难于全面获取这些资源。文章提出一种面向OPAC检索系统的图书相关资源发现和获取方法,对系统架构、相关资源发现接口、相关信息的获取及对全文对象的链接方法等技术进行深入分析,并介绍其实现方法。通过在多个高校图书馆的应用实践表明,此方法方便了读者发现和获取图书相关文献资源。     

高校图书馆一站式资源发现系统功能比较研究

随着高校图书馆数字资源类型和数量的快速丰富,一站式资源发现系统受到越来越多的欢迎。文章比较分析了北京大学图书馆的“未名学术搜索”、清华大学图书馆的“水木搜索”和上海交通大学图书馆的“思源探索”三个一站式资源发现系统的功能特点,对高校建设一站式资源发现系统提出了几点思考和建议。参考文献4。     

Discovering User Behavior: Applying Usage Statistics to Shape Frontline Services

This investigation sought to develop a broad view of discovery service user behavior by analyzing vendor-provided and Google Analytics usage data from discovery service implementations at two Indiana University campuses. The results of this analysis demonstrate how usage data can communicate both intermediary and end results of user interactions within discovery services. The findings reveal user behavior trends, which may be used to develop strategies to improve information literacy instruction techniques, as well as discovery service interface enhancements.     

The Discovery–Collection Librarian Connection: Cultivating Collaboration for Better Discovery

Discovery layers and remote access are the standard way to access and find academic library resources, making metadata, link resolvers, and indexing important considerations at the time of selection and throughout the lifespan of an electronic resource. Collection development librarians must be aware of how resources will function with and appear in the library's discovery layer. This awareness is an opportunity for collection development and discovery librarians to share their knowledge and collaborate to provide the best discovery for the library's resources. This case study examines ways the Electronic Access and Discovery unit at Auraria Library has fostered that relationship.     

Name Disambiguation—Learning From More User-Friendly Models

Library catalogs do not provide catalog users with the assistance they need to easily and confidently select the person they are interested in. Examples are provided of Web services that do a better job of helping information seekers differentiate the person they are seeking from those with similar names. Some of the reasons for this failure in library catalogs are examined. This article then looks at how much information is necessary to help users disambiguate names, how that information could be captured and shared, and some ways the information could be displayed in library catalogs.     

Still Desperately Seeking Citations: Undergraduate Research in the Age of Web-Scale Discovery

ABSTRACT

Web-scale discovery services promise fast, easy searching from a single Google-like box, pleasing users and making library resources more discoverable. Some librarians embrace the concept of giving users what they have come to expect from Google, while others are concerned that this will “dumb down” searching and undermine information literacy. In this article we explore the potential impact of Web-scale discovery tools on information literacy, focusing particularly on undergraduate research skills. We review the existing literature and present findings and experiences from two mid-sized academic libraries that have adopted EBSCO Discovery Service as their library home page portal.     

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