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

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

Courtney Greene
ISBN13: 9781466618213|ISBN10: 1466618213|EISBN13: 9781466618220
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch029
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Greene, Courtney. "The Long and Winding Road: Implementing Discovery at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries." Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary Pagliero Popp and Diane Dallis, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 499-514. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch029

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Greene, C. (2012). The Long and Winding Road: Implementing Discovery at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries. In M. Popp & D. Dallis (Eds.), Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries (pp. 499-514). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch029

Chicago

Greene, Courtney. "The Long and Winding Road: Implementing Discovery at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries." In Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary Pagliero Popp and Diane Dallis, 499-514. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch029

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Abstract

In early 2010, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries became a beta tester for the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)™ 1 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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