SMART Flash Session:Implementing

Ebsco Discovery Serviceat the University at Albany Libraries

Elaine Lasda BergmanDewey Graduate Library

University at Albanyebergman@uamail.albany.edu

Invited by Ebsco to be a Beta Test Site

• 1st ALEPH Library• 1st SUNY Library

1st meeting of UAlbanyEDS Workgroup: October 20, 2009

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Weekly Webinars/Biweekly Webinars

• Preview options for new features, look and feel of site, etc.

• Demonstrate features of user and administrative interfacces

• Update the schedule for enhancements to the product

Live Catalog Testing

• Library’s catalog data kept separate at first from the EDS database data

• Opportunity to troubleshoot quirks with the catalog display

Integration

Ebsco Database contents, partner

content, etc. (Provided by Ebsco)

Custom Catalog Database (provided by UAlbany Libraries)

EDS provides customized content from our subscribed databases (mostly EBSCO) and the library’s own catalog.

Features: Customizability

Branding: color scheme, logos, service name

The only place the EBSCO logo appears

Features: Simple Search interface

Widgets can be inserted on any web page

“Google-like” Search Box

Features: FacetsConcept: input a broad search term then limit results by facets/clusters in the left hand navigation to obtain more focused and relevant results.

Facet/Cluster display changes based on what metadata occurs in the results retrieved.

Features: Limiters

Features: EHISEbsco Host Integrated Search (EHIS) is Ebsco’s Federated searching tool.

Non-Ebsco/partner databases can be made available through EHIS connectors to provide a more robust search experience.

Functions as a separate search.

You can name it whatever you want!

Fall 2010: Soft Rollout

Issues: What to Name?AlbanySearch

AlbanyExplore

First Step

Step One

UniSearch

 

Dane SolutionsDiscovery LibraryeWonderColumbusSmart Search Resource

Uncovering Service

All-in-One Spot

One Spot

Data Capture

InfoSpecs

Fetch

Go Fetch

OneSearch

the Kennel

Danetastic Search

Discovery World

MetadatafindVirtual EinsteinIcanfind itInfo Power ToolLegendary OIR

Minerva Gold Discovery Service

Catch-All Net Search

OneResearchStartSearch

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AlbanyFind

Issues: Real Time Availability?

Issues: Catalog UpdatingCatalog extraction: • Desired format wasn’t clear•Our own inexperience with catalog data extraction•Time consuming•Slows down the system considerably

Accuracy of information: •Full catalog reload annually? •Interim updates: additions only, not deletions or changes in status

Issues: Academic/Scholarly

Articles submitted to peer review process

Articles geared towards an academic audience but not peer reviewed

Not all databases included in EDS use these terms in the same way; EBSCO working to normalize the metadata on these limiters

Issues: Content Provider Facet•Supposed to be dynamically generated based on results

•Does not work for the majority of partners

•Ebsco changed this facet to be a static list of resources and information.

•Expected to be fixed in 4 to 6 months.

Issues: EHIS ConnectorsWhat they Added as Examples:

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index RemoveCriminal Justice Abstracts KeepGale Virtual Reference Library RemoveHarpWeek RemoveLexisNexis Academic RemoveLibrary Catalog (ALEPH) RemoveLiterature Resource Center RemoveNew England Journal of Medicine RemoveOpposing Viewpoints Resource Center RemovePAIS International KeepPsycINFO KeepSociological Abstracts RemoveSocial Services Abstracts RemoveWorldCat Remove

What We Wanted (took over 2 months to connect):

American National Biography Online BioOne Columbia International Affairs Online Contemporary Women's Issues Education Full Text Encyclopaedia Britannica JSTOR New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians Oxford English Dictionary Oxford Reference Online – Premium ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times, 1851-2004 Scopus Social Work Abstracts Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage

More Changes Afoot

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DECEMBER Release enhancements:•Features for consortial catalogs•Custom Links (trigger ILL when item is not in home library•Composite “super records” for books•Widgets: Google books, LibraryThing, etc. on detailed records•Additional catalog values for real time availability (YAY!)•Web of Science will be added for subscribers•Optional radio buttons (TI,AU,KW) for basic search page•Language/alternative alphabet enhancements (Chinese, Japanese, Russian, etc.•Multi language search/language limiter•Database Advisor: suggests specific dbs for in-depth searching•Integrate netLibrary•More customization•Enhance metadata re: peer reviewed status

Assessment in Progress

• User survey• Feedback from

librarians• Information

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Conclusion: Still in FluxUAlbany Libraries:

• Results of assessment• Customization not finalized• Establishment of

administrative policies (changes to customization, catalog uploads, etc.)

Ebsco:• Still tinkering, adding features• Indefinite biweekly webinars• “Enhancement requests” to

assist with Real time Availability, other features