Aug 19, 2014
FIRST NMC HORIZON REPORT > LIBRARY EDITION!
International team of panelists• 6 Key Trends - Accelerating Ed Tech Adoption • 6 Significant Challenges - Impeding Ed Tech Adoption• 6 Important developments - in Technology
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Let’s talk aboutAdjusting to the fact that discovery happens elsewhere
SHINY NEW DISCOVERY SERVICE (DEC 2012)
LIBRARY LINKS IN GOOGLE SCHOLAR (JAN 2013)
Discovery search vs Google Scholar
USAGE OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR INCREASE FASTER
Link resolver requests
Jan to June 2013
Jan to June 2014
% increase
Discovery Service
186,047 233,390 20.3%
Google Scholar
29,969 93,621 68.0%
Starting from outside the library home page
USAGE OF PROXY BOOKMARKLET IS INCREASING
Jan to June 2013
Jan to June 2014
% increase
Clicks on proxy bookmarklet
11,700 18,354 56.87%
What can we do?
A) Recommenders
NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD - RECOMMENDER
HTTP://MUSINGSABOUTLIBRARIANSHIP.BLOGSPOT.SG/2013/02/8-LIBRARY-RELATED-BOOK-ARTICLE.HTML
B)Tools to bring back users from outside..
http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2014/07/03/overdrive-is-spreading-and-libraries-are-along-for-the-ride/
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/content.php?pid=199108&sid=1665215
LIBX PLUGIN
WORKING WITH WIKIPEDIA
http://everybodyslibraries.com/2013/03/04/from-wikipedia-to-our-libraries/
www.oclc.org/content/dam/wikipedia-library-project-feb-2014.pptx
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/WIKIPEDIA:OCLC/SEARCH
Shift focus?
THANK YOU
AARON TAY SENIOR LIBRARIAN
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
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