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Discovery Systems: Building A Better User Experience
Conference Track
5. User Experience
Keywords
discovery systems, user experience
Learning Objectives
Following this session, participants will be able to identify opportunities, risks, and trends in discovery system implementations, learn about marketing strategies for discovery products in various academic libraries, and how the user experience informs change.
Abstract
As more academic libraries are implementing discovery systems, what can we do as librarians to make sure they best meet our users' needs? This panel-style session features three presenters representing diverse institutions who will discuss their recent discovery implementations, with a focus on marketing and assessing the user experience.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/456c1eb3889b12a39b72991a8965df10.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Michael Fernandez, University of Mary Washington")
Michael Fernandez, University of Mary Washington
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/16de0e9cfc4160fec6df7ee61bfb54c1.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Alex S Homanchuk, MFA, MLIS, OCAD University")
Alex S Homanchuk, MFA, MLIS, OCAD University
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f22824d1a05019eaa2789c01bf051d93.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Kirsten Ostergaard, Montana State University")
Kirsten Ostergaard, Montana State University
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fcbb77e7e52380da90d107fef50c5037.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Kelsey Brett, University of Houston")