Description
Has your library struggled to justify purchasing a discovery tool? Are you skeptical that they do all they claim to do? Librarians at Metropolitan State University implemented a Web Scale Discovery tool in 2012 after becoming convinced that we needed to radically change how we provide access to our collections. In this presentation we will discuss how we implemented Serials Solutions Summon and how it is transforming the way we approach reference, instruction, and acquisitions.
Start Date
21-3-2013 2:30 PM
End Date
21-3-2013 4:45 PM
Seeking Serendipity with Summon: How Web Scale Discovery Changed How we think about Teaching and Reference
Has your library struggled to justify purchasing a discovery tool? Are you skeptical that they do all they claim to do? Librarians at Metropolitan State University implemented a Web Scale Discovery tool in 2012 after becoming convinced that we needed to radically change how we provide access to our collections. In this presentation we will discuss how we implemented Serials Solutions Summon and how it is transforming the way we approach reference, instruction, and acquisitions.