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Credo Reference: The Online Reference Service for Learners and Librarians ABE, February 2011

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Credo Reference: The Online Reference Service for Learners and Librarians ABE, February 2011. Who is Credo?. Company of librarians, educators and technology experts Two offices: Boston and Oxford One out of three English-speaking colleges and universities have Credo Reference. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Credo Reference: The Online Reference Service for Learners and Librarians ABE, February 2011

Credo Reference:The Online Reference Service for

Learners and Librarians

ABE, February 2011

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Who is Credo?

Company of librarians, educators and technology experts

Two offices: Boston and Oxford One out of three English-speaking colleges and universities have Credo Reference  

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What is Credo?BOTH content and service

E-reference books from the world’s leading publishers covering every major academic subject area

Starting point for learning and research Connection (linking to all library resources) and discovery (findable in search engines like Google)  Solution for all libraries with e-resources needs—academic and public

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A few of our 70+ publisher partners

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25 Years Ago:The Information Landscape for Students and Average Users

Other

Library Resources

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Today’s Information Landscape

Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, other

Online Web Resources

Library

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Wikipedia and Google Library Resources

Why Resource Usage is Unacceptably Low

Familiar

Easily Accessible

Seamlessly Interconnected

Good enough

Easy-to-use

Part of natural workflow

Simple

Unknown

Requires access instructions

Information “silos”

Benefits unclear

Learning curve

Requires change in behavior

Intimidating

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2015 Information Landscape

Online Reference Services

Library Sponsored Resources and Tools

Google, Yahoo,

Wikipedia, other

Online Web

Resources

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“[Credo forces] us to ask at least whether we should begin to expect more from a reference ebook collection than a faithful reproduction of a printed text” -Library Journal, 15 October 2010

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“Credo Reference inspires the task of searching... it's almost as if it wants you to discover more.” - Information World Review, October 2008

Related Entries: Connections within the Credo platform – titles from 70+ publisher partners

Related Resources: Connections external to the Credo platform

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The Credo Platform

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Journals and other library databases

OPAC and eBook collections

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• Credo General Reference

• Credo Publisher and Subject Collections

Credo Reference Offerings

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• Subscription research service

• Wikipedia but with authoritative content

• 70+ premier publishers, 531+ titles with 50+ new titles this year

• Nearly 2000 customers worldwide

• Related resources customized to promote discovery and usage of the library’s resources

Credo General Reference

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• 28 collections from 11 publishers including ABC-CLIO, CABI, SAGE Reference, Wiley-Blackwell, Ashgate and others…

• Reduce multiple platforms

• Seamless integration with Credo General Reference

• Subscription or perpetual purchase options

• No content overlap with Credo General Reference

Credo Publisher and Subject Collections

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1500+ e-reference books from 70+ publishers Subject coverage: Biology, Business, Economics,

Education, Engineering, English, Environmental Studies, History, Political Science, Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Media Arts, Gender Studies and more

Type of content: Subject encyclopedias, Handbooks Research guides, Dictionaries, Atlases, Dynamic tables, Videos, Art, Music, Pronunciation guides

Subscription and purchase options

The content…

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Free MARC records No DRM Citation Promote greater usage of library resources Title updates and new titles added at no cost for

subscription option Credo offers unlimited access to all users Discoverability and connectivity

The features… everything a library needs

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Questions