Despite a long break between posts, I am still thinking about libraries and pietism and the potential relationships between the two. I always find it difficult to organize my thoughts so I’m going do some free-writing and free-association to condense my thoughts: Continue reading “Pietism and Libraries – Musings”
Review/Notes – “How Discovery Services Tie into University Missions”
Dana Belcher from East Central University presenting on “How Discovery Services Tie into University Missions.”
Why discovery? Lots of reasons! Foster a learning environment, educate students, keep up with changes in society. These resources are tied to the University’s missions statement. Moved the library webpages totally to LibGuides; a positive change. Selected EBSCO discovery because they already had a lot of EBSCO products and the price is right. Make sure you understand 100% of the products/services offered! They created a profile for each major/area to customize a database list. After that, they worked with EBSCO to better define the limiters and facets – especially making changes to better meet user needs. Instruction is focused on limiting/faceting a search instead of “choose this database” type instruction.
Advice:
- Communicate with vendor – make sure you understand 100% of services, make sure your catalog loading is correct.
- Communicate with library staff – make sure the terminology is shared, have a way to report problems.
- It’s more work for you – be prepared.
Focus on meeting the needs of the University and the needs of students. Everything is tied to the strategic plan for the library.