Discovery and management of scholarly materials

Vol.3,No.2(2011)
Centralized Services, or Union Catalogues Anew

Tamar Sadeh

https://doi.org/10.5817/ProIn2011-2-2

How to Cite:
Sadeh, T. (2011). Discovery and management of scholarly materials. ProInflow, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.5817/ProIn2011-2-2
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Abstract

The discovery and management of scholarly materials have changed in recent years with the introduction of new-generation systems based on decoupled architecture. In addition to offering a modern user experience, new library discovery systems extend the scope of materials available through a single interface far beyond the physical collections of the library, reaching the wealth of scholarly collections of global significance. Such systems also leverage a body of usage data gathered from institutions worldwide to enhance the discoverability of materials. New management systems, built from the outset to manage all types of scholarly assets, harness technological advances, shared bibliographic metadata, and community collaboration to optimize library services. The paper examines some of the current trends in new-generation systems and focuses on the way in which collaboration among stakeholders and the aggregation of information—scholarly content, bibliographic metadata, and usage data—combine with the local and individual context to establish a new level of discovery and management of scholarly materials.

 

Tamar Sadeh

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Keywords:
search engine; relevance ranking; aggregated index; usage data; recommender; decoupled architecture
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