Chapter 1. Introduction

Authors

  • Marshall Breeding

Abstract

Chapter 1 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 54, no. 8), "Introduction"

In chapter 1, “Introduction,” Breeding provides an overview of this issue of Library Technology Reports (vol. 54, no. 8), sharing what he will cover within this report and providing definitions for terminology that he will use. He discusses index-based discovery services, the special challenges in addressing open access content, and the different options available to libraries today for discovery services.

Author Biography

Marshall Breeding

Marshall Breeding is an independent consultant, speaker, and author. He is the creator and editor of Library Technology Guides (https://librarytechnology.org) and the Libraries.org online directory of libraries. He is the editor for Smart Libraries Newsletter, published by ALA TechSource, and has authored the annual Library Systems Report, published in American Libraries since 2014. He has also edited and authored several books, articles, and book chapters; was formerly the director for innovative technology and research for the Vanderbilt University Library; and regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations both throughout the United States and internationally at library conferences.

References

Marshall Breeding, “Next-Generation Library Catalogs,” Library Technology Reports 43, no. 4 (July/August 2007).

Marshall Breeding, “Library Resource Discovery Products: Context, Library Perspectives, and Vendor Positions,” Library Technology Reports 50, no. 1 (January 2014).

“NISO RP-22-2015 Access and License Indicators,” Recommended Practice, NISO, January 5, 2015, https://www.niso.org/publications/niso-rp-22-2015-access-and-license-indicators.

Holly Else, “How Unpaywall Is Transforming Open Science,” Nature 560 (August 2018): 290–91 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05968-3.

Heather, “oaDOI Integrated into the SFX Link Resolver,” Impactstory Blog, February 2, 2017, http://blog.impactstory.org/oadoi-in-sfx.

Cory Lown, 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.

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Published

2018-11-16