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Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries addresses the many new resource discovery tools and products in existence as well as their potential uses and applications. This timely publication will be invaluable to librarians and administrators seeking information on how to evaluate, choose, and ultimately implement a resource discover product for their library's collection.

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• 1 Understanding Information Seeking Behavior of Faculty and Students: A Review of the Literature(p. 1)
• 2 From Metasearching to Discovery: The University of Florida Experience(p. 22)
• 3 Details, Details, Details: Issues in Planning for, Implementing, and Using Resource Discovery Tools(p. 44)
• 4 Evaluating and Selecting a Library Web-Scale Discovery Service(p. 59)
• 5 Best Practices for Selecting the Best Fit(p. 77)
• 6 Criteria to Consider when Evaluating Web-based Discovery Tools(p. 90)
• 7 Thinking Inside the Grid: Selecting a Discovery System through the RFP Process(p. 104)
• 8 Designing an Evaluation Process for Resource Discovery Tools(p. 122)
• 9 Resource Discovery Tools: Supporting Serendipity(p. 139)
• 10 User Search Activities within an Academic Library Gateway: Implications for Web-scale Discovery Systems(p. 153)
• 11 Setting a Direction for Discovery: A Phased Approach(p. 174)
• 12 Developing a User-Centered Article Discovery Environment(p. 194)
• 13 Replicating Top Users' Searches in Summon and Google Scholar(p. 225)
• 14 How Users Approach Discovery Tools(p. 252)
• 15 Search Success at the University of Manitoba Libraries Pre- and Post-Summon Implementation(p. 268)
• 16 Fostering Discovery through Web Interface Design: Perpetual Beta as the New Norm(p. 288)
• 17 Usability Testing Summon on the USC Libraries Home Page(p. 303)
• 18 Implementing Library Discovery: A Balancing Act(p. 322)
• 19 Discovering Our Library's Resources: Vendor Tools Versus In-House Tools(p. 338)
• 20 Discovery in a Hurry: Fast Transitions from Federated Search to Article Discovery(p. 351)
• 21 Implementation and Acceptance of a Discovery Tool: Lessons Learned(p. 366)
• 22 Putting Library Discovery Where Users Are(p. 388)
• 23 Implementing a Discovery Layer in a Consortial Environment(p. 407)
• 24 Creating Organizational Buy-in: Overcoming Challenges to a Library-Wide Discovery Tool Implementation(p. 419)
• 25 Introducing Discovery Systems to Academic User Communities: A Case Study with Recommendations(p. 438)
• 26 Does Web-Scale Discovery Make a Difference?: Changes in Collections Use after Implementing Summon(p. 456)
• 27 Catalog Maintenance and Authority Control in Discovery Systems: A Survey of Early Adopters(p. 469)
• 28 Early Adoption: EBSCO Discovery Service at Illinois State University(p. 488)
• 29 The Long and Winding Road: Implementing Discovery at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries(p. 499)
• 30 Encore Synergy Implementation at a Medium-Sized University Library: Unforeseen Challenges and Opportunities(p. 515)
• 31 Primo Central: A Step Closer to Library Electronic Resource Discovery(p. 535)
• 32 The Single-Search Project: Selecting and Implementing Primo at a Research and Cultural Heritage Institution(p. 544)
• 33 Implementing Primo for the Michiana Academic Library Consortium (MALC)(p. 562)
• 34 Simplifying Resource Discovery and Access in Academic Libraries: Implementing and Evaluating Summon at Huddersfield and Northumbria Universities(p. 580)
• 35 Implementation of Resource Discovery: Lessons Learned(p. 598)
• 36 WorldCat Local: A Transformative Solution(p. 608)
• 37 Tiptoeing Forward: Implementing and Integrating WorldCat Local as a Discovery Tool(p. 622)
• 38 Web-Scale Discovery: A Library of Babel?(p. 637)
• 39 The Web-Scale Discovery Environment and Changing Library Services and Processes(p. 646)
• 40 The Trial of Searching for Musical Works Using Resource Discovery Tools(p. 662)

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Booklist Review

This hefty volume is a comprehensive exploration of discovery tools meant for academic librarians considering implementing, switching, or evaluating discovery tools. Experienced contributors (mostly from larger academic libraries) report, analyze, and assess their research and experiences at every step in the process. All academic librarians can benefit from the authors' experiences by dipping into one or more of the 40 articles covering topics such as the RFP process, institutional buy-in, discovery in a consortial environment, and usability testing. There are also articles on specific discovery tools, such as Primo, WorldCat Local, and Summon. The guide, lengthy as it is, is tempting to read from beginning to end. Articles are quick and fascinating to peruse, with screen shots, replicated test instruments, tables, and charts.--Whittington, Christine Copyright 2010 Booklist