1. Greg Vogl and Dennis Ogg Research and Development Services Colorado State University Libraries January 6, 2010

2.  Project overview  Current status ◦ New features ◦ Hands-on exercise  Future possibilities ◦ Features ◦ Data Sources ◦ Software  Feedback

3.  Provide a tool to: ◦ Facilitate awareness of, access to and use of resources for academic research ◦ Search multiple library data sources at once ◦ Improve the user’s search experience

4.  User-centered design  Simple Google-like search  Relevant results  Facets to browse and refine search results Facets  Suggestions for error recovery  Related items, information and resources  Interconnect with other software

5.  03-2007: created Libraries R&D department  2007-08: explored catalog interface software  08-2008: started development with VuFind  08-2008: created advisory team  12-2008: conducted usability studies  01-2009: presented Discovery PDI  02-2009: released Discovery beta  08-2009: released Discovery  12-2009: created Discovery Tools Committee

6.  Default search box on Libraries home pageLibraries home page  Multiple data sources ◦ CSU Library Catalog (Sage) ◦ CSU Digital Repository ◦ CSU Libraries Website  Availability in Regional Catalog (Prospector)  CSU theses and dissertations CSU theses and dissertations  Citations and export to reference managers  For the latest news, click About DiscoveryAbout Discovery

7.  Library Staff Groups ◦ Research and Development Services Department ◦ Discovery Tool Advisory Team ◦ Discovery Tools Committee  Needs Analysis and Assessment ◦ Focus groups (students, faculty/staff) ◦ Usability testing (Techsmith Morae) ◦ Survey (SurveyMonkey) ◦ Usage statistics (Google Analytics)

9.  Go to http://discovery.library.colostate.edu/http://discovery.library.colostate.edu/  Use Discovery to complete the provided tasks  Refer to the possible solutions if desired  Also see the online helponline help

10.  Interface  Navigation  Authentication  Personalization  Communication

11.  Course reserves Course reserves  Digital Collections (CONTENTdm) Digital CollectionsCONTENTdm  Other CSU publications, documents, data  Regional Catalog (Prospector) Regional Catalog (Prospector)  Other Colorado library catalogsColorado library catalogs  WorldCat WorldCat  Articles (journal, magazine, newspaper)

12.  Open Source ◦ VuFind - demo VuFind demo ◦ Blacklight - demo Blacklight demo ◦ LibraryFind - demo LibraryFind demo  Commercial ◦ Encore - example Encore example ◦ Primo - example Primo example ◦ WorldCat Local - example WorldCat Localexample

13.  ExLibris MetaLib - example ExLibris MetaLibexample  Xerxes - local demo, demo Xerxeslocal demodemo  OCLC FirstSearch - example OCLC FirstSearchexample

14.  Serials Solutions Summon - demo Serials Solutions Summondemo  Ebsco Discovery Service - demo Ebsco Discovery Servicedemo  WorldCat WorldCat  Primo Central Primo Central

15.  PDI feedback form  Discovery comments and suggestions Discovery comments and suggestions  Discovery survey Discovery survey  Future focus groups and usability testing Thanks for your help!