I find "discovery services" to be pretty jargon-ish -- does everyone
have the same definition? Does it mean any catalog or database? Or is it
more precise than that? Does it include reference services? In-person,
or only online?
kc
On 9/11/12 9:55 AM, Ken Varnum wrote:
> (with apologies for cross-posting)
>
>
> The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), a working group of the National
> Information Standards Organization (NISO), has been formed to develop a
> Recommended Practice related to the index-based discovery services for
> libraries. ODI aims to investigate and improve the ecosystem surrounding
> these discovery services, with a goal of broader participation of content
> providers and increased transparency to libraries.****
>
> ** **
>
> An important component of our work involves gathering information from the
> key stakeholders: libraries, content providers, and developers of discovery
> products. ****
>
> ** **
>
> If you are involved in discovery services we request that you respond to
> our survey. The survey results will provide essential information to the
> workgroup as it develops recommended practices related to discovery
> services. A full report on the findings of this survey will be made
> available publically on the NISO website later this year.****
>
> ** **
>
> We are especially interested in input from:****
>
>
> - libraries that have implemented or plan to implement a discovery
> service and
> - organizations that potentially contribute content to one or more of
> these services:
>
> o primary publishers,****
>
> o producers of aggregated databases of citation or full-text content for
> libraries, and****
>
> o creators of abstracting and indexing services.****
>
> ** **
>
> We anticipate that the survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QBXZXSB****
>
> ** **
>
> All respondents that identify themselves will be entered into a drawing for
> one of six $25 Amazon e-gift cards, kindly sponsored by Ex Libris and SAGE.
> These respondents will also receive a copy of the aggregated results. Note
> that any results shared will be anonymous and only aggregate data will be
> released. ****
>
> ** **
>
> In addition, if you are interested in keeping up to date with ODI, please
> sign up to our Interest mailing list -
> http://www.niso.org/lists/opendiscovery ****
>
> ** **
>
> Thank you****
>
> ODI Working Group
>
>
>
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Received on Tue Sep 11 2012 - 21:13:23 EDT