This section provides selected resources that address topics related to discovery services. These resources provide background information for this issue of Library Technology Reports and are recommended for additional in-depth information on specific topics.
Allison, DeeAnn, and Margaret Mering. “Use of Discovery Tools in ARL Libraries.” Unpublished paper. Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries, 366, May 24, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/366.
Breeding, Marshall. “Discoverability: The Ultimate Goal.” In The Critical Component: Standards in the Information Exchange Environment. Edited by Todd A. Carpenter, 167-193. Chicago: Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, American Library Association, 2014.
———. “Ex Libris Unbundles Discovery for Alma.” Smart Libraries Newsletter 36, no. 12 (December 2016): 7.
———. “Future of Library Discovery Systems.” Information Standards Quarterly 27, no. 1 (2015): 24–30.
———. The Future of Library Resource Discovery. A NISO white paper. Baltimore, MD: NISO, February 2015. https://www.niso.org/publications/future-library-resource-discovery.
———. Knowledge Base and Link Resolver Study: General Findings. Stockholm, Sweden: LIBRIS nationella bibliotekssystem, 2012. http://www.kb.se/dokument/Knowledgebase_linkresolver_study.pdf.
———. “Library Resource Discovery Products: Context, Library Perspectives, and Vendor Positions.” Library Technology Reports 50, no. 1 (January 2014).
———. “Library Systems Report 2018: New Technologies Enable an Expanded Vision of Library Services.” American Libraries Magazine, May 1, 2018. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/05/01/library-systems-report-2018/.
———. “Next-Generation Library Catalogs.” Library Technology Reports 43, no. 4 (July–August 2007).
———. “Smarter Libraries through Technology: Trends in Resource Management and Discovery Product Strategies.” Smart Libraries Newsletter 38, no. 3 (March 2018): 1–2.
———. “State of the Art in Library Discovery 2010.” Computers in Libraries 30, no. 1 (2010): 31–35.
———. “Yewno Advances as a New Type of Discovery.” Smart Libraries Newsletter 37, no. 4 (April 2017): 2–5.
Else, Holly. “How Unpaywall Is Transforming Open Science.” Nature 560 (August 2018): 290–29. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05968-3.
Ex Libris. Evaluating the Impact of Discovery Services: Results to Date, and Points for Future Success. Des Plaines, IL: Ex Libris, September 2018. https://www.exlibrisgroup.com/evaluating-impact-of-discovery-services/.
Levine-Clark, Michael, John McDonald, and Jason S. Price. “The Effect of Discovery Systems on Online Journal Usage: A Longitudinal Study.” Insights 27, no. 3 (November 2014): 249–56. https://doi.org/10.1629/2048-7754.153.
Lown, Cory, Tito Sierra, and Josh Boyer. “How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box.” College and Research Libraries 74, no. 3 (2013): 227–41.
Schonfeld, Roger C. Does Discovery Still Happen in the Library? Roles and Strategies for a Shifting Reality. Issue brief. New York: Ithaka S+R, 2014. https://doi.org/10.18665/sr.24914.