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Discovery products and services :

Explore the evolution of library collection discovery tools, from handwritten catalogs to next-generation catalogs. Discover the crowded landscape of information providers on the web and the challenges of disjointed information and service delivery. Learn about the concept of web-scale discovery and the shift towards decoupled discovery layers. Dive into the trends of social discovery, deep indexing, and pre-populated discovery services. Discover how libraries are moving beyond local interfaces and targeting the universe of objective, vetted library content.

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Discovery products and services :

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  1. Discovery products and services: Marshall Breeding Director for Innovative Technology and Research Vanderbilt University Library Founder and Publisher, Library Technology Guides http://www.librarytechnology.org/ http://twitter.com/mbreeding Introduction and current trends MARS Local Systems & Services Discovery Layer Discussion Forum

  2. Description • An introduction to the genre of next-generation catalogs or discovery products.

  3. Crowded Landscape of Information Providers on the Web • Lots of non-library Web destinations deliver content to library patrons • Google Search / Google Scholar • Amazon.com • Wikipedia • Ask.com

  4. User expectations

  5. Evolution of library collection discovery tools • Bound handwritten catalogs • Card Catalogs • Library online catalogs – OPACs • Next-Gen Catalogs / Discovery interfaces • Web-scale discovery services

  6. Bound Catalog

  7. Card Catalog

  8. Online Card Catalog

  9. Web-based online catalog

  10. Next-generation Catalog

  11. Next-generation Catalog

  12. Modernized Interface • Single search box • Query tools • Did you mean • Type-ahead • Relevance ranked results • Faceted navigation • Enhanced visual displays • Cover art • Summaries, reviews, • Recommendation services

  13. Web site as menu of search options

  14. Disjointed approach to information and service delivery • Silos Prevail • Books: Library OPAC (ILS module) • Articles: Aggregated content products, e-journal collections • OpenURL linking services • E-journal finding aids (Often managed by link resolver) • Local digital collections • ETDs, photos, rich media collections • Metasearch engines • All searched separately

  15. Lack of unified Web presence • User’s don’t understand the distinctions we make • Catalog? • Articles and Databases? • Digital Library? • Search our Site? • Search interfaces based on content formats or management applications • Non-library Web sites are much more unified

  16. A simple vision Search: • A single point of entry to all the content and services offered by the library • …but with precision, nuanced sophistication, and multiple dimensions

  17. Web-scale discovery

  18. Online Catalog vs. Discovery Layer • Online Catalog • Interface conventions from an earlier Web era • Scope: Tied to the ILS and its content domain • Discovery Layer • Modern interface elements • Scope: aims to address broad range of components that constitute library collections

  19. Discovery Products http://www.librarytechnology.org/discovery.pl

  20. Decoupled from ILS

  21. Social discovery • Tags, user-supplied ratings and reviews • Leverage social networking interactions to assist readers in identifying interesting materials: BiblioCommons • Leverage use data for a recommendation service of scholarly content based on link resolver data: Ex Libris bX service

  22. Deep indexing • Metadata can no longer serve as the only basis for discovery • Increasing opportunities to search the full contents • Google Library Print, Google Publisher, Open Content Alliance, government publications, etc. • High-quality metadata will improve search precision • Commercial search providers already offer “search inside the book” and searching across the full text of large book collections • Important transition to full-text book search beginning in library projects • HathiTrust indexing 6 million volumes • Must become a routine component of library discovery • Deep search highly improved by high-quality metadata

  23. Discovery product Trend • Initial products focused on technology • AquaBrowser, Endeca,Primo, Encore, VUfind • Mostly locally-installed software • Current phase focused on integrated access to both local content and remote articles to deliver Web-scale discovery. Examples: • Summon (Serials Solutions) • WorldCat Local (OCLC) • EBSCO Discovery Service (EBSCO) • Primo Central • Encore Synergy

  24. Beyond Federated search • Federated Search / Metasearch use real-time queries against multiple information targets • No centralized index – presentation of dynamic results • Shallow results -- only a few results initially fetched from each target • Difficult to calculate relevancy • Performance challenges

  25. Beyond local discovery interfaces • Pre-populated indexes • Web-scale • Exploits the full depth and breadth of library collections • Beyond the bounds of the local library’s collection • Targets the universe of objective, vetted library content

  26. Pre-populated discovery services • New-generation interface • Harvested local content • ILS metadata • Institutional repositories, ETDs, Digital Collection platforms • Vendor-supplied indexes of library content • E-journals, databases, e-books • Full-text and metadata corresponding to e-content subscriptions • Book collections beyond local library collections • Includes full-text indexing to the fullest extent possible

  27. Federated Search ILS Data Digital Collections Search: ProQuest Search Results EBSCOhost … MLA Bibliography ABC-CLIO Real-time query and responses

  28. Discovery Interface ILS Data Digital Collections Search: Local Index ProQuest Search Results EBSCOhost MetaSearch Engine … MLA Bibliography ABC-CLIO Real-time query and responses

  29. Web-scale Search ILS Data Digital Collections Search: ProQuest EBSCOhost Search Results Consolidated Index … MLA Bibliography ABC-CLIO Pre-built harvesting and indexing

  30. Web-scale Search + Federated Search ILS Data Digital Collections Search: ProQuest … Consolidated Index Search Results MLA Bibliography ABC-CLIO Pre-built harvesting and indexing FedSearch Non-harvestable Resources

  31. Next-Gen Library Catalogs Marshall Breeding Neal-Schuman Publishers March 2010 Volume 1 of The Tech Set

  32. Questions / Follow-up Marshall Breeding http://www.librarytechnology.org marshall.breeding@vanderbilt.edu

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