Setting a Direction for Discovery: A Phased Approach

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Author(s): Janet Fransen (University of Minnesota, USA), Lara Friedman-Shedlov (University of Minnesota, USA), Nicole Theis-Mahon (University of Minnesota, USA), Stacie Traill (University of Minnesota, USA)and Deborah Boudewyns (University of Minnesota, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 20
Source title: Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mary Pagliero Popp (Indiana University, USA)and Diane Dallis (Indiana University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch011

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Information Systems / Library Science

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While many other academic libraries are currently or have recently faced the challenge of setting a new direction for their discovery platforms, the University of Minnesota is perhaps unique in its phased approach to the process. In the spring of 2011, the University of Minnesota Libraries appointed a Discoverability task force to identify a Web-scale discovery solution, the third phase in the Discoverability research process. Discoverability 3 Task Force members are now synthesizing the work of two previous phases and other relevant internal and external analyses to develop requirements and selection criteria for the solution. Some of these requirements and criteria are standard for any large-scale system implementation. Others were derived from the findings of the previous two phases of the Discoverability project. The authors discuss the Libraries’ phased approach to developing a vision for discovery and selecting a solution that puts the Libraries on a path to fulfilling that vision.

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