Utilizing discovery tools for classrooms: how do librarian attitudes on discovery impact tools they teach?

摘要

Do librarian attitudes on discovery tools affect what they teach in the classroom? My goal was to answer this question, at least in part, as part of a course project for my Library and Information Science distance education program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Discovery tools are currently a hot topic among librarians. Many libraries, including the one at which I am currently employed, are either considering a switch or have already made a switch to a cloud-based discovery layer. At this point in time, my library utilizes three different search systems on the main Web site: a traditional Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC; Voyager), an open-source discovery layer (VuFind) and a next-generation discovery tool-(Summon). We would like to replace all three with one discovery product within the next couple of years (Figure 1).