期刊名称：International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL)
电子版ISSN：2474-3542
出版年度：2019
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：3-33
DOI：10.23974/ijol.2019.vol4.2.153
出版社：Chinese American Librarians Association
摘要：Many libraries subscribed to discovery services in the hope of boosting the use of their
local collections such as print materials, DVDs, or even subscribed ejournals and ebooks
that are separate from licensed databases. However, anecdotal evidence shows that the
implementation of a discovery service will increase the usage of the vendors’ electronic
resources instead. This study aims to find out how well local collections are promoted
through EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), Primo, Summon, and WorldCat Discovery
Services (WorldCat) by comparing results of queries in the discovery services versus the
number of actual listings from these libraries’ traditional catalogs.
Authors conducted three searches based on real-life student assignments in science,
history, and sociology in each of the four discovery services. To offset the bias of location
configuration, ten libraries with the same discovery tool were selected for each search and
total results are averaged. ANOVA and Tukey Honest Significant Difference statistical
analyses show differences among the four discovery services investigated. Discovery tools
promote local collections in different ways. Some tools provide the possibility to list
libraries’ local collections before listing the vendor’s database items, but others are less
inclined to do so.
其他摘要：Many libraries subscribed to discovery services in the hope of boosting the use of their local collections such as print materials, DVDs, or even subscribed ejournals and ebooks that are separate from licensed databases. However, anecdotal evidence shows that the implementation of a discovery service will increase the usage of the vendors’ electronic resources instead. This study aims to find out how well local collections are promoted through EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), Primo, Summon, and WorldCat Discovery Services (WorldCat) by comparing results of queries in the discovery services versus the number of actual listings from these libraries’ traditional catalogs. Authors conducted three searches based on real-life student assignments in science, history, and sociology in each of the four discovery services. To offset the bias of location configuration, ten libraries with the same discovery tool were selected for each search and total results are averaged. ANOVA and Tukey Honest Significant Difference statistical analyses show differences among the four discovery services investigated. Discovery tools promote local collections in different ways. Some tools provide the possibility to list libraries’ local collections before listing the vendor’s database items, but others are less inclined to do so.
