Planning and implementing resource discovery tools in academic libraries / [edited by] Mary Pagliero Popp, Diane Dallis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Popp, Mary Pagliero, 1949-

Dallis, Diane, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online library catalogs.

Federated searching.

Library Web sites.

Library catalogs and users.

Information behavior.

Academic libraries--United States--Case studies.

Academic libraries.

Academic libraries--Canada--Case studies.

Physical Description:

electronic texts (626 p.) : digital files.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pa. : Information Science Reference, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book addresses the many new resource discovery tools and products in existence as well as their potential uses and applications"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

section 1. Framework for discovery

section 2. Selecting a discovery tool

section 3. The user experience part one : user behavior and expectations

section 4. The user experience part two : user testing and user-centered design in implementing discovery solutions

section 5. Implementation

section 6. Discovery in the wild : representative examples of discovery tools in use

section 7. Critique of discovery.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed June 19, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 677-709) and index.

ISBN:

9781466618220 (ebook)

OCLC:

807170547