Discoverability in Digital Repositories

Systems, Perspectives, and User Studies
Herausgeber: Woolcott, Liz; Shiri, Ali

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While most discoverability evaluation studies in the Library and Information Science field discuss the intersection of discovery layers and library systems, this book looks specifically at digital repositories, examining discoverability from the lenses of system structure, user searches, and external discovery avenues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781032106595
• ISBN-10: 103210659X
• Artikelnr.: 67255009

Autorenporträt

Liz Woolcott is the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at Utah State University Libraries in Logan, Utah, USA, and the co-founder of the Library Workflow Exchange. Ali Shiri is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He teaches courses in the areas of digital libraries and information organization and retrieval, and conducts research on digital libraries and repositories, search user interfaces, user interaction with digital information, learning and data analytics, and more recently Artificial intelligence and Ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part 1: Digital repository functionality - Chapter 1: Digital
repositories and discoverability: Definitions and typology; Chapter 2:
Understanding repository functionality and structure; Chapter 3:
Understanding the role of metadata in a digital repository; Chapter 4:
Understanding linked data and the potential for enhanced discoverability;
Chapter 5: User search behavior in digital repositories; Part 2: Case
studies in visibility and discoverability outside the digital repository -
Chapter 6: Discoverability within the library: Integrated systems and
discovery layers; Chapter 7: Discoverability beyond the library: Wikipedia;
Chapter 8: Discoverability and search engine visibility of repository
platforms; Conclusion.