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-**Discovery** ​\\ +**Discovery** 
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-[[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2016/​07/​Future_of_Discovery_EDS_User_Group_July2016.pdf|The future of library Discovery services:​]]\\+Discovery services solutions typically depend on and may also include 
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 +  * Knowledge bases 
 +  * Link resolvers 
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 +See: [[https://​journals.ala.org/​index.php/​ltr/​article/​view/​6049/​7753|Knowledge Base Evolution]] ALA TechSource Vol 52, No 6 (2016) provides a basic introduction to knowledge base terminology and functionality including link resolvers and draws on the published literature to describe the product’s evolution. 
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 +===== Overviews and reports ===== 
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 +[[http://​eprints.rclis.org/​32499/​|Library Discovery System: An integrated approach to resource discovery]] ​\\ 
 +Sonawane, Chetan S Library Discovery System: An integrated approach to resource discovery. Informatics Studies, 2017, vol. 4, n. 3, pp. 27-38. Provides an overview of discovery services including (central index based) commercial solutions, open source options. Includes discussion of Google Scholar and issues around metadata, APIs etc 
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 +2018 Report: **[[http://​renewpublishingconsultants.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​08/​How-Readers-Discover-Content-2018-Published-180903.pdf|How Readers Discover Content in Scholarly Publications**]]** 
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 +Renew Publishing Consultants have published the findings to two major research projects. How Readers Discover Content in Scholarly Publications 2018 is the latest in a series of reports spanning 13 years identifying the trends in user discovery behaviour. The latest research was carried out with the support of leading publishers and intermediaries,​ and attracted responses from over 10,000 people working and studying across all sectors, subject disciplines and regions. Headline results include: 
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 +  * SciHub is responsible for around 5% of downloads in the wealthier nations (and must pose a special threat since the content available there is normally the final published version). 
 +  * Around 60% of the time people are reading articles from a “free” resources (it is likely PMC is responsible for much of this in the medical sector). 
 +  * In the academic sector as a whole, abstracting and indexing databases (A&Is) still appear to be the most important starting point in search. 
 +  * Academic search engines (such as Google Scholar) are more important than general search engines. 
 +  * Library discovery seems to have peaked in its importance-rating and is only holding a strong position in Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. 
 +  * Whilst searching as a discovery method dominates, it still only accounts for around 45% of people’s behaviour. Around 55% of the time people found the article they needed via other methods, eg following links on social media, emails and alerts, browsing other resources. 
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 +[[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2016/​07/​Future_of_Discovery_EDS_User_Group_July2016.pdf|The future of library Discovery services:]] \\
 Ken Chad keynote at the EDS (Ebsco Discovery Services) conference at Regents University, London in July 2016. Ken Chad keynote at the EDS (Ebsco Discovery Services) conference at Regents University, London in July 2016.
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 +[[https://​insights.uksg.org/​articles/​10.1629/​2048-7754.25.2.173/​|E-resource Knowledge Bases and Link Resolvers]]:​ An Assessment of the Current Products and Emerging Trends”. Breeding, Marshall. 2012. Insights 25 (2): 173–82. DOI: [[http://​doi.org/​10.1629/​2048-7754.25.2.173Insights|http://​doi.org/​10.1629/​2048-7754.25.2.173Insights]] 25 (2): 173–82. DOI: [[http://​doi.org/​10.1629/​2048-7754.25.2.173|http://​doi.org/​10.1629/​2048-7754.25.2.173]]
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 +//"​This article summarizes the findings of a study on e-resource knowledge bases and OpenURL-based link resolvers sponsored by the National Library of Sweden. The project involved soliciting detailed information from each of the providers of the major products in this genre, reviewing product information available on the web and in published articles, and conducting a survey addressed to libraries using these products. The report identified and presented comparative information on a top tier of products that includes KnowledgeWorks and 360 Link from Serials Solutions; SFX Global KnowledgeBase and the SFX link resolver from Ex Libris; LinkSource and the EBSCO Integrated Knowledge Base from EBSCO and the WorldCat knowledge base from OCLC. A second tier included TOUResolver from TDNet, Gold Rush from the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries and GODOT from Simon Fraser University"​.//​
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 +[[https://​www.tandfonline.com/​doi/​full/​10.1080/​1941126X.2017.1304765|Selecting link resolver and knowledge base software]]: Implications of interoperability,​ Cyndy Chisare, Jody Condit Fagan, David Gaines & Michael Trocchia (2017) Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship,​ 29:2, 93-106, DOI: 10.1080/​1941126X.2017.1304765
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 +//"​Link resolver software and their associated knowledge bases are essential technologies for modern academic libraries. Because of the increasing number of possible integrations involving link resolver software and knowledge bases, however, a library'​s vendor relationships,​ product choices, and consortial arrangements may have the most dramatic effects on the user experience and back-end maintenance workloads. A project team at a large comprehensive university recently investigated link resolver products to increase efficiency of back-end workflows while maintaining or improving the patron experience. The methodology used for product comparison may be useful for other libraries"​.//​
  
 ==== Who use what system ==== ==== Who use what system ====
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 The Discovery services and library catalogue (OPAC) products used by UK HE institutions are listed on the '​[[:​he_systems_review|HE Systems Review]]'​ page of this wiki The Discovery services and library catalogue (OPAC) products used by UK HE institutions are listed on the '​[[:​he_systems_review|HE Systems Review]]'​ page of this wiki
  
-**Specification (RFP)** \\ +**Specification (RFP)** \\ A sample specification for a discovery service is available on the[[http://​libtechrfp.wikispaces.com/​|http://​libtechrfp.wikispaces.com/​]][[http://​www.libtechrfp.com|LIBTechRFP]] (open library specifications) website (wiki)
-A sample specification for a discovery service is available on the[[http://​libtechrfp.wikispaces.com/​|http://​libtechrfp.wikispaces.com/​]][[http://​www.libtechrfp.com|LIBTechRFP]] (open library specifications) website (wiki)+
  
 ==== Products available ==== ==== Products available ====
  
-To see what UK HE institutions are use for search and discovery see the page on[[:​he_systems_review|LMS and related systems]] which includes a column for '​Search and Discovery interfaces'​. It lists OPAC and Discovery products.\\ +To see what UK HE institutions are use for search and discovery see the page on[[:​he_systems_review|LMS and related systems]] which includes a column for '​Search and Discovery interfaces'​. It lists OPAC and Discovery products. \\ 
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 Some Discovery products are:- Some Discovery products are:-
  
   * [[:​discovery_tool_aquabrowser|AquaBrowser]] (ProQuest -Serials Solutions)   * [[:​discovery_tool_aquabrowser|AquaBrowser]] (ProQuest -Serials Solutions)
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   * [[:​discovery_tool_blacklight|Blacklight ]](open source-The University of Virginia Library and Stanford University Library are the primary development partners)   * [[:​discovery_tool_blacklight|Blacklight ]](open source-The University of Virginia Library and Stanford University Library are the primary development partners)
- +  ​* [[:​discovery_tool_ebsco_discovery|Ebsco Discovery Service]] (EBSCO) 
-  ​* [[:​discovery_tool_ebsco_discovery|Ebsco Discovery Service]](EBSCO) +  * [[:​discovery_tool_encore|Encore]] (Innovative Interfaces)
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-  * [[:​discovery_tool_encore|Encore]](Innovative Interfaces) +
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-  * [[:​discovery_tool_endeca|Endeca]](Oracle) +
   * [[:​discovery_tool_explorit|Explorit]] (Deep Web Technologies )   * [[:​discovery_tool_explorit|Explorit]] (Deep Web Technologies )
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   * [[:​discovery_tool_fast|FAST]](Microsoft)   * [[:​discovery_tool_fast|FAST]](Microsoft)
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   * [[http://​scholar.google.co.uk/​intl/​en/​scholar/​about.html|Google Scholar]](Google)   * [[http://​scholar.google.co.uk/​intl/​en/​scholar/​about.html|Google Scholar]](Google)
 +  * [[https://​www.leanlibrary.com/​|Lean Library]] (Sage Publications) 
 +  * [[https://​clarivate.libguides.com/​webofscienceplatform/​kopernio|Kopernio]] (Clarivate)
   * [[:​discovery_tool_primo|Primo]] (Ex Libris)   * [[:​discovery_tool_primo|Primo]] (Ex Libris)
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   * [[http://​capitadiscovery.co.uk|Prism]] (Capita)   * [[http://​capitadiscovery.co.uk|Prism]] (Capita)
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-  * [[:​discovery_tool_seesearch|Seesearch (Vizolve)]] 
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   * [[:​discovery_tool_summon|Summon]] (Pro Quest/​ExLibris)   * [[:​discovery_tool_summon|Summon]] (Pro Quest/​ExLibris)
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   * [[:​discovery_tool_vufind|VuFind]] (open source - developed & maintained by Villanova University in the USA)   * [[:​discovery_tool_vufind|VuFind]] (open source - developed & maintained by Villanova University in the USA)
- +  ​* [[:​discovery_tool_worldcat|WorldCat ]](OCLC)
-  ​* [[:​discovery_tool_worldcat|WorldCat ​Local]] (OCLC) +
   * [[:​discovery_tool_xc|XC]] (Open Source - Rochester Uni)   * [[:​discovery_tool_xc|XC]] (Open Source - Rochester Uni)
 +  * [[:​yewno|Yewno]]
  
 ==== Discovery products reviews ==== ==== Discovery products reviews ====
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 Selecting a web-scale discovery service is a large and important undertaking that involves a significant investment of time, staff, and resources. Finding the right match begins with a thorough and carefully planned evaluation process. In order to be successful, this process should be inclusive, goal-oriented,​ data-driven,​ user-centered,​ and transparent. The following article offers a step-by-step guide for developing a web-scale discovery evaluation plan rooted in these five key principles based on best practices synthesized from the literature as well as the author’s own experiences coordinating the evaluation process at Rutgers University. The goal is to offer academic libraries that are considering acquiring a web-scale discovery service a blueprint for planning a structured and comprehensive evaluation process. \\ Selecting a web-scale discovery service is a large and important undertaking that involves a significant investment of time, staff, and resources. Finding the right match begins with a thorough and carefully planned evaluation process. In order to be successful, this process should be inclusive, goal-oriented,​ data-driven,​ user-centered,​ and transparent. The following article offers a step-by-step guide for developing a web-scale discovery evaluation plan rooted in these five key principles based on best practices synthesized from the literature as well as the author’s own experiences coordinating the evaluation process at Rutgers University. The goal is to offer academic libraries that are considering acquiring a web-scale discovery service a blueprint for planning a structured and comprehensive evaluation process. \\
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-**[[https://​www.tsl.texas.gov/​sites/​default/​files/​public/​tslac/​lot/​TSLAC_WP_discovery_2ed_final_20150826.pdf|Discovery services White paper]].**Texas State Library & Archives Commission (Revised edition August 2015) \\ "This paper attempts to provide an overview of discovery services, including their advantages, disadvantages,​ limitations and best practices. In addition, a synopsis of the major discovery vendors is provided in Appendix A" \\  \\ **[[http://​www.niso.org/​apps/​group_public/​download.php/​14487/​future_library_resource_discovery.pdf|The Future of Library Resource Discovery]]:​**A white paper commissioned by the NISO Discovery to Delivery (D2D) Topic Committee \\ By Marshall Breeding February 2015 \\ "This paper provides an overview of the current resource discovery environment and discusses some of the possibilities regarding how these technologies,​ methodologies,​ and products might be able to adapt to changes in the evolving information landscape in scholarly communications and to take advantage of new technologies,​ metadata models, or linking environments to better accomplish the needs of libraries to provide access to resources"​. \\  \\ **[[http://​www.cilip.org.uk/​sites/​default/​files/​documents/​Catalogue%20and%20Index%20issue%20170,​%20March%202013.pdf|Discovery layers and discovery services: a review]]** ​ \\ Andrew Christison, LIS Systems Manager, Sheffield Hallam University \\ IN - Catalogue and Index.Periodical of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Cataloguing and Indexing Group \\ March 2013, Issue 170 \\  \\ "​Blacklight:​ a next-generation discovery interface"​. By Chris Awre, Head of Information Management, & Diane Leeson, Content and Access Team Leader, Information Management, Library and Learning Innovation, University of Hull \\ IN - [[http://​www.cilip.org.uk/​sites/​default/​files/​documents/​Catalogue%20and%20Index%20issue%20170,​%20March%202013.pdf|Catalogue and Index]].Periodical of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Cataloguing and Indexing Group \\+**[[https://​www.tsl.texas.gov/​sites/​default/​files/​public/​tslac/​lot/​TSLAC_WP_discovery_2ed_final_20150826.pdf|Discovery services White paper]].**Texas State Library & Archives Commission (Revised edition August 2015) \\ "This paper attempts to provide an overview of discovery services, including their advantages, disadvantages,​ limitations and best practices. In addition, a synopsis of the major discovery vendors is provided in Appendix A" \\  \\ **[[http://​www.niso.org/​apps/​group_public/​download.php/​14487/​future_library_resource_discovery.pdf|The Future of Library Resource Discovery]]:​**A white paper commissioned by the NISO Discovery to Delivery (D2D) Topic Committee \\ By Marshall Breeding February 2015 \\ "This paper provides an overview of the current resource discovery environment and discusses some of the possibilities regarding how these technologies,​ methodologies,​ and products might be able to adapt to changes in the evolving information landscape in scholarly communications and to take advantage of new technologies,​ metadata models, or linking environments to better accomplish the needs of libraries to provide access to resources"​. \\  \\ **[[http://​www.cilip.org.uk/​sites/​default/​files/​documents/​Catalogue%20and%20Index%20issue%20170,​%20March%202013.pdf|Discovery layers and discovery services: a review]]** \\ Andrew Christison, LIS Systems Manager, Sheffield Hallam University \\ IN - Catalogue and Index.Periodical of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Cataloguing and Indexing Group \\ March 2013, Issue 170 \\  \\ "​Blacklight:​ a next-generation discovery interface"​. By Chris Awre, Head of Information Management, & Diane Leeson, Content and Access Team Leader, Information Management, Library and Learning Innovation, University of Hull \\ IN - [[http://​www.cilip.org.uk/​sites/​default/​files/​documents/​Catalogue%20and%20Index%20issue%20170,​%20March%202013.pdf|Catalogue and Index]].Periodical of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Cataloguing and Indexing Group \\
 March 2013, Issue 170 \\ March 2013, Issue 170 \\
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 //'A casual Google search may well be good enough for a daily task. But if you are a college student conducting his or her first search for peer-reviewed content, or an established scholar taking up a new line of inquiry, then the stakes are a lot higher. The challenge for academic libraries, caught in the seismic shift from print to electronic resources, is to offer an experience that has the simplicity of Google—which users expect—while searching the library’s rich digital and print collections—which users need. Increasingly,​ they are turning to a new generation of search tools, called discovery, for help//'​ //'A casual Google search may well be good enough for a daily task. But if you are a college student conducting his or her first search for peer-reviewed content, or an established scholar taking up a new line of inquiry, then the stakes are a lot higher. The challenge for academic libraries, caught in the seismic shift from print to electronic resources, is to offer an experience that has the simplicity of Google—which users expect—while searching the library’s rich digital and print collections—which users need. Increasingly,​ they are turning to a new generation of search tools, called discovery, for help//'​
  
-====  \\ Discovery initiatives ====+==== \\ Discovery initiatives ====
  
  \\ [[http://​www.niso.org/​workrooms/​odi/​|NISO Open Discovery initiative]] 'The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) aims at defining standards and/or best practices for the new generation of library discovery services that are based on indexed search. These discovery services are primarily based upon indexes derived from journals, ebooks and other electronic information of a scholarly nature. The content comes from a range of information providers and products–commercial,​ open access, institutional,​ etc. Given the growing interest and activity in the interactions between information providers and discovery services, this group is interested in establishing a more standard set of practices for the ways that content is represented in discovery services and for the interactions between the creators of these services and the information providers whose resources they represent.'​ The ODI working group was formed in late 2011 and held its first meeting in January 2012. \\  \\ [[http://​www.niso.org/​workrooms/​odi/​|NISO Open Discovery initiative]] 'The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) aims at defining standards and/or best practices for the new generation of library discovery services that are based on indexed search. These discovery services are primarily based upon indexes derived from journals, ebooks and other electronic information of a scholarly nature. The content comes from a range of information providers and products–commercial,​ open access, institutional,​ etc. Given the growing interest and activity in the interactions between information providers and discovery services, this group is interested in establishing a more standard set of practices for the ways that content is represented in discovery services and for the interactions between the creators of these services and the information providers whose resources they represent.'​ The ODI working group was formed in late 2011 and held its first meeting in January 2012. \\
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