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CHICAGO — Discovery is central to academic activities at all levels and is a major focus for libraries and museums. Of all the parts of modern library provision, discovery services are the most clearly affected by developments in IT, from databases to search engines to linked data to machine learning. It is crucial to the relationship between libraries and their communities. “,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 91��ý Store, contains a range of contributions analyzing the ways in which libraries and museums (and others) are tackling the challenges facing them in discovery in the (post)-Google era. Chapters are written by experts, both global and local, describing specific areas of discovery and local implementations and ideas. Edited by Simon McLeish, this book will help with enhancing discovery both inbound – making locally held resources globally discoverable – and outbound – making global resources locally discoverable – in ways which are relevant to your user community. Content covered includes:

• a survey of what resource discovery is today;
• analysis of how users approach discovery;
• using limited resources to help users find collections;
• discussion of the special requirements of and solutions for archives and museums;
• the role museum and library discovery plays in learning and teaching;
• linked open data and discovery; and
• the future of discovery.

McLeish worked in conference organization before the planning of an Internet conference led to work as a web designer during the dot com era. This developed into a career in digital libraries, including the development of online academic journals, research environments and authentication. Work on Shibboleth and Identity Management culminated in the production of the JISC Identity Management Toolkit and the book “,” In 2013, he took up the post of Resource Discovery Architect for the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford, and now divides his time between managing existing discovery and authentication services for the libraries and research and development.

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