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Evaluating and comparing discovery tools: how close are we towards next generation catalog?
Sharon Q. Yang,Kurt Wagner +1 more
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Evaluating and comparing open source and proprietary discovery tools and finding out how much discovery tools have achieved towards becoming the next generation catalog finds open source discovery tools seem to be bolder and more innovative than proprietary tools in embracing advanced features of the nextgeneration catalog.Abstract:
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare open source and proprietary discovery tools and find out how much discovery tools have achieved towards becoming the next generation catalog.Design/methodology/approach – The paper summarizes characteristics of the next generation catalog into a check‐list of 12 features. This list was checked against each of seven open source and ten proprietary discovery tools to determine if those features were present or absent in those tools.Findings – Discovery tools have many next generation catalog features, but only a few can be called real next generation catalogs. Federated searching and relevancy based on circulation statistics are the two areas that both open source and proprietary discovery tools are missing. Open source discovery tools seem to be bolder and more innovative than proprietary tools in embracing advanced features of the next generation catalog. Vendors of discovery tools may need to quicken their steps in catching up.Originality/val...read more
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Usability Test Results for a Discovery Tool in an Academic Library
TL;DR: A usability test of EBSCO Discovery Service raised several questions for libraries above and beyond any specific discovery tool interface, including the scope and purpose of a discovery tool versus other library systems, working with the large result sets made possible by discovery tools, and navigation between the tool and other library services and resources.
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Promise Fulfilled? An EBSCO Discovery Service Usability Study
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Mapping knowledge structure by keyword co-occurrence and social network analysis: Evidence from Library Hi Tech between 2006 and 2017
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Next generation or current generation? A study of the OPACs of 260 academic libraries in the USA and Canada
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Usability Testing of VuFind at an Academic Library
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TL;DR: Both the usability testing and survey demonstrated that users preferred VuFind's interface over the classic catalogue, and particularly liked the facets and the richness of the search results.
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