ER&L 2015

February 22–25, 2015

Austin, Texas

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Web-scale Discovery Tools and the Backgrounding of Government Information

Monday, February 23, 2015 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM CST

Room 105

Conference Track

5. User Experience

Keywords

government information, discovery tools, information bias, diagnostic testing

Learning Objectives

learn how current discovery tools cover government information in an uneven manner,

select the appropriate discovery tool that includes government information.

Abstract

Web-scale discovery tools have opened up new realms of discovery for libraries and their electronic resources. However, government information is being short-changed and backgrounded in these tools. Find out why this is happening, the diagnostic tests to show that this is so, and what we can do about it.

Presenters

Christopher C. Brown, University of Denver, Main Library

Session Materials

Web-scale Discovery Tools and the Backgrounding of Government Information

MS PowerPoint 2.78 MB