Discover EDS: Tales of Implementation and Use

University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ experience with EDS reveals some of the complexities of implementing a discovery service. First, EDS uses questionnaires to gather input from the library to customize the pre-harvested EDS index. This index is the core of web-scale discovery. It incorpo...

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Hauptverfasser:	Audrey Powers, Lily Todorinova, Shannon E. Fox, Athena Hoeppner, Mary Page, Rafal Kasprowski, Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger, Alyssa Koclanes, Virginia Polley, Robb Waltner
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic libraries Anthropology Applied anthropology Applied sciences Behavioral sciences Bibliographic records Bibliographies Cataloging Communication systems Communications technology Cultural anthropology Cultural institutions Data management Data products Data transmission Data types Digital communication systems Economic disciplines Economics Employment Engineering Hyperlinks Hypertext Information management Information professionals Information resources Information science Internet Labor economics Librarians Libraries Library collections Library operations Library science Metadata Occupations OpenURL School libraries Technology Telecommunications World Wide Web
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Zusammenfassung:	University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ experience with EDS reveals some of the complexities of implementing a discovery service. First, EDS uses questionnaires to gather input from the library to customize the pre-harvested EDS index. This index is the core of web-scale discovery. It incorporates metadata from the subscription database, open-access sources, e-journals, and e-books. Exactly which resources are incorporated is based on several factors: The licenses between the discovery service and the content/database vendor; The library’s subscribed and owned content; Selections made by the library during implementation. The first two factors can be investigated during the discovery service selection