ER&L 2012

April 1–4, 2012

Austin, Texas

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ER&L 2012 | April 2–4, 2012 | Austin, Texas and Online

Exploring ideas, trends and technologies in eresources and digital services.

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If you build it, will they come?

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 8:30 AM–9:15 AM CDT

Salon D/E

Track

Emerging and Future Technologies

Keywords

Evaluation Summon

Abstract

Are you getting results from your substantial investment in a discovery service? Librarians from two universities will outline assessment projects to answer this question. Ryerson University asked students about their use of Summon in their research. North Carolina A&T State University tracked several metrics to gauge effectiveness and usage.

Learning Objectives

Following this session, users will be able to develop a plan to evaluate their discovery service.