The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) and You A Better Microscope: The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) and You Alexa L. Pearce Head, Social Sciences University of Michigan Library Micro-organisms in Beer, Louis Pasteur, Wellcome Library, London CC BY 4.0

ODI is a transparency initiative with everything to recommend it. Libraries have been putting discovery services under the microscope for the better part of a decade. Sour beer: the sediment as seen under a microscope. Louis Pasteur, Wellcome Library, London CC BY 4.0

What we DO know: User behavior, preferences, & expectations How existing A&I tools work Does NOT ease the skepticism or discomfort that surrounds all that we don’t know. Mycoderma aceti in Liquor, Louis Pasteur, Wellcome Library, London CC BY 4.0

What we DON’T know: Cannot help us facilitate student success. Cannot help us have meaningful conversations with our users. Cannot help us formulate strategies for the future or the present. Mycoderma aceti in vinegar, Louis Pasteur, Wellcome Library, London CC BY 4.0

But only if we use it. The Open Discovery Initiative: Provides shared language Helps identify areas for improvement Helps us understand all stakeholders’ positions Helps us articulate our needs in context Helps us advocate for our users in context But only if we use it. Copyright M J Richardson CC BY-SA 2.0