Many Libraries Have Gone to Federated Searching to Win Users Back from Google. Is It Working?

King, Douglas

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“…24 Despite the large body of literature on federated search, there has been little written about the influence of federated search on the use of library resources. Some articles discuss the growth in use of federated search products, 25 while others compare the use of federated search products to standard databases like Academic Search Premier. 26 Still, few articles discuss whether increased use in federated search tools leads to an increase in the use of specific library resources.…”

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The Impact of Web-scale Discovery on the Use of a Library Collection

Way¹

2010

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The Impact of Web-scale Discovery on the Use of a Library Collection

Way¹

2010

Serials Review

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“…Así, desde finales de los años noventa se han estado desarrollando productos que permiten realizar búsquedas simultáneas en diferentes bases de datos. Los primeros metabuscadores, o interfaces de descubrimiento, se valían del protocolo Z39.50 para hacer búsquedas en tiempo real, también conocidas como ´búsquedas federadas´ (Boyd et al, 2006;King, 2008). La eficacia de estas herramientas dependía, en gran parte, de la infraestructura de telecomunicaciones de las bases de datos a las que accedían.…”

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Plataformas de descubrimiento en bibliotecas universitarias: evaluación de Worldcat local en el contexto de una biblioteca caribeña

Montalvo

2017

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Resumen: Se presenta una evaluación amplia de WorldCat Local (WCL), a la luz de su implementación en el Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras (SB). Primeramente, se realiza una descripción detallada de su estructura, alcance, proceso de configuración e interfaz de búsqueda para explorar cómo sus rasgos inciden en la experiencia de descubrimiento. En segundo lugar, se ofrecen los resultados de un sondeo realizado entre la comunidad universitaria para conocer su opinión sobre el metabuscador. Se concluye que, si bien WCL no ha llenado las expectativas del SB desde la óptica administrativa, los usuarios valoran la disponibilidad de una herramienta que les permita agilizar la búsqueda de información. Palabras clave: plataformas de descubrimiento; herramientas de descubrimiento; metabuscadores; evaluación de plataformas de descubrimiento; bibliotecas universitarias; Caribe; Puerto Rico; WorldCat Local. Title: DISCOVERY TOOLS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: AN EVALUATION OF WORLDCAT LOCAL IN A CARIBBEAN LIBRARY CONTEXT.Abstract: A thorough assessment of WorldCat Local (WCL) is presented, in light of its implementation at the Library System of the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras (LS). First, a description of its structure, content coverage, configuration process and search interface is provided, in order to explore their impact on the discovery experience. Second, the results of a survey conducted among the academic community to find out its views about the discovery tool are offered. It is concluded that, although WCL has not fulfilled the expectations of the LS from an administrative perspective, users value the availability of a tool that allows them to speed up information search.

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“…4 The thoughts of six academic librarians and one library science professor on the topic of federated searching were solicited and reported by King in 2008. 5 The main focus of the article was whether federated searching was winning back users from Google. Although not the result of a formal research project, King's article records a few instruction and reference librarians' perspectives on the one-box as a library's response to Google.…”

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Teaching Outside the Box: ARL Librarians’ Integration of the “One-Box” into Student Instruction

Kulp

McCain²,

Scrivener

2014

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This article reports the results of a survey that targeted reference and instruction librarians who work at libraries that are members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Respondents were asked to indicate whether or not they teach students to use the one-box tool, and why or why not. Based on the responses of the 352 librarians who participated in the study, the researchers found that most reference and instruction librarians at ARL libraries are "teaching outside the box."he homepages of many academic libraries' websites have Google-like search boxes that allow researchers to search more than one electronic resource at a time. Regardless of the technology behind them (federated search, metasearch, broadcast search, web-scale discovery, and the like), these "one-box" search tools have generated much philosophical discussion, both pro and con, in the library profession. The debate has been well-documented and summarized in the literature.

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Many Libraries Have Gone to Federated Searching to Win Users Back from Google. Is It Working?

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The Impact of Web-scale Discovery on the Use of a Library Collection

The Impact of Web-scale Discovery on the Use of a Library Collection

Plataformas de descubrimiento en bibliotecas universitarias: evaluación de Worldcat local en el contexto de una biblioteca caribeña

Teaching Outside the Box: ARL Librarians’ Integration of the “One-Box” into Student Instruction

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