Concurrent 4B: Why Can’t I Find my Content in the Library’s Discovery Service?
Ensuring that a publisher’s content is effectively discoverable in and deliverable from library discovery services is increasingly important for scholarly publishers. This panel will address questions such as: What are the major discovery systems in use and how are they different from federated searching? Why are they important to publishers? What is the impact on content usage from the perspective of the publisher? What happens when your content is not included as part of these systems and how does the level of metadata that you contribute affect retrieval and usage? What is the goal of the NISO Open Discovery Initiative in establishing best practices for content in discovery systems? How can libraries, publishers and vendors work together to ensure content neutrality in all of our systems? What is the real impact of index-based discovery services on library and content providers?
