Many libraries have responded to user demand for Google-style searching by implementing web scale discovery services such as EDS, Primo, Summon, and WorldCat Local. By exporting their local catalogs to the meta-aggregate article indexes provided by these vendors, libraries create “single search” across articles and books. One frustration with this approach has been that local…
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Testing web-scale discovery services: how well do they work?
My library is currently evaluating web-scale discovery services. We are considering Exlibris’ Primo, Proquest’s Summon, Ebsco’s EDS, and OCLC’s WorldCat Local. (If you want to learn more about web scale discovery, I recommend Athena Hoeppner’s good overview.) As part of this process I’ve been looking at how libraries have implemented these four services. For this…
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