The Long and Winding Road: Implementing Discovery at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries

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2012

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IGI Global

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In early 2010, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries became a beta tester for the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)™ product, and subsequently selected it in September of that year. After working through various issues with library content and staff expectations, the IUB Libraries launched EDS™ – branded as OneSearch@IU, in August 2011. This case study provides an overview of the decision-making process and challenges encountered in the process of implementation of a Web-scale discovery tool. Specific topics such as working with a vendor Application Program Interface (API) to integrate a discovery tool within a library website, formulating an effective extract of library catalog records to import into a discovery tool, customizing a vendor discovery interface, and assessing use and user satisfaction with a discovery system are described. Broad concepts addressed in this chapter include information technology project implementation and library information systems.

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Greene, Courtney. 2012. “The Long and Winding Road: Implementing Discovery at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.” In Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited by Diane Dallis and Mary Pagliero Popp, 499–514. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

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This chapter/paper appears in Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited/authored by Diane Dallis & Mary Popp, Copyright 2012, IGI Global, www.igi-global.com. Posted by permission of the publisher.

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