Choosing and implementing a discovery tool at Hebrew University
Edith Falk, Chief LibrarianHebrew University of JerusalemLIBER CONFERENCE, 2015
Who are we?
Higher Education in Israel
• 8 universities• ~ 60 colleges
HUJI The Hebrew University was
founded in 1918 by visionaries including Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber and Chaim Weizmann.
It was opened on April 1, 1925
Today, it is located on three campuses in Jerusalem and a fourth in Rehovot
HUJI
HUJI
•23,000 students
HUJI
•Nearly 40% of all civilian scientific research in
Israel is conducted at the Hebrew University.
About 3,800 research projects are in progress
at the University, and 1,500 new projects are
started each year.
HUJI
HUJI
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Our Libraries
The Library Authority• Humanities, Social
Sciences & Business Library
• Law Library• Education and
Social Work Library• Archaeology Library
• Science Library• Mathematics and
Computer Science Library• The Albert
Einstein Archive
• Medical Library• Agriculture Library
Mt Scopus Campus
Jerusalem
E. Safra Campus
Jerusalem
Ein Karem Campus
Jerusalem
Rehovot CampusRehovot
Disappearing Libraries?
• The Future of Academic Libraries: Disappearing Libraries and Invisible Librarians :the impact of the print to digital transformation on library structure, services and functions over the next 10 years." ALA 2006
• 90 % of our budget goes to E-resources
Changing Learning Habits
Today’s students are:• Digital • Mobile • Independent • Social • Participatory
Their learning spaces must provide:• Flexibility• Sensory stimulation.. • Technology support. • Decenteredness• social and participatory opportunities.• comfort
Before
After
Studying alone
Or together
Classical or very modern
Comfortable?
Cultural Events
Our Mission
<< The Hebrew University Library Authority provides the institution researchers, teachers and students with all their needs in accessing sources of information, knowledge and data and equip them with the tools, assistance, environmental and technological conditions necessary for the use of these sources . All this , while adapting to relevant changes in the academic, social, legal and technological environment, and achieving maximum economic efficiency.>>
Why not
• Library Survey 2015, Faculty and Ph.D. students
• What is your starting point when you look for material?
• 36% answered Google or Google Scholar
• It is free• It is user friendly• It includes scientific resources
and even “gray” literature• It allows simultaneous search in
many resources• It allows saving in a private e-
shelf and creating a bibliography• It shows citations and other
parameters• It searches the full text• It links to the catalog of your
local library
Why not It is difficult to determine with 100%
accuracy all that Google Scholar searches.
• Google cannot:– Sort/search by disciplinary field– Browse by title– Limit search results– Search the deep web
• There are not enough possibilities to deal with the results
• No access to the indexing of thedatabases.• No access to the algorithm
20 Services Google Thinks Are More Important Than Google Scholar
What are we looking for?• A Google-like tool, simple
and efficient• A tool that allows searching
as many resources as possible, while allowing limiting the searches to resources accessible to library patrons
• A tool that allows dealing with the list of searches in as many ways as possible
What do we need?
• A discovery layer for the catalogue
• A discovery tool at article level
Topical Search Dominates
A Discovery Tool
A Central Index
A Discovery Layer
What is a discovery tool?
The Central Index• The collection of pre-harvested
and processed metadata and full text that comprises the searchable content of a WSD service: Central indexes typically include full text and citations from publishers; full text and metadata from open source collections; full text, abstracting, and indexing from aggregators and subscription databases; and MARC from library catalogs; also called the base index, unified index, or foundation index.
Evaluating the Central Index
• parameters:– scope of the content,– item types,– inclusion of the full text – richness of the
metadata. • The central index has to fit
the library collections on one hand and the type of users of the library on the other hand.
• Some databases are not included in any WSD (for example: Scifinder)
• Some databases are included in some WSD and not in others (especially Proquest and Ebsco)
• Even when a WSD vendor does not include a database, it may have basic, citation-level metadata for journal titles by a certain publisher (Elsevier or Springer).
The Discovery Layer
•Single search across the central index
•Fast response time •Relevancy-ranked results list •Facets, sort, and other tools
for refining and using the results
•Connections to full text via direct links and OpenURL
•End-user accounts and features
Our solution
• New interface for the catalogue• Decision: The catalogue and the discovery tool
will be displayed side by side• Choosing a discovery tool• Implementation
New interface for the catalogue
• Primo + Primo Central, by Ex-Libris• Summons, by Proquest• Discovery, by Ebsco
Our solution
• New interface for the catalogue• Decision: The catalogue and the discovery tool
will be displayed side by side• Choosing a discovery tool• Implementation
Combined Search
Catalogue Search Article Search
Our solution
• New interface for the catalogue• Decision: The catalogue and the discovery tool
will be displayed side by side• Choosing a discovery tool
1. Installing three discovery tools on our server2. Checking of the three tools 3. Choosing the best tools
• Implementation
The survey
The survey• 10 searches on each tool• Grade each tool from 5 to 1, based on the relevance of the results and the possibilities of
dealing with the list of results• After all the searches, grade the UI
•a fin des recherches, noter l’interface.
The survey
• 31 reference librarians• 257 searches• EDS received the best results for relevance
and for dealing with the lists of results• UI: almost the same for all three tools
Our solution
• New interface for the catalogue• Decision: The catalogue and the discovery tool
will be displayed side by side• Choosing a discovery tool• Implementation
EDS + VUFIND=HUFind
Module preparation and installation
• The EDS module for Vufind adds the EBSCO tool search capabilities to the existing VUFind installation
• The module is prepared by EBSCO and sent to the library with detailed instructions..
Q.A.
Q.A.
Verification et corrections
The Final ResultThe Final results
Conclusion
StatisticsVuFind + EDS
StatisticsEBSCO
• Quality of metadata• Relevance of results• Convenient access to full text• Easy manipulation of result
lists• Convenient UI• Good support• Interoperability with other
systems• Constant development• User friendly
Some databases are still missing
More convenient reports interface
More permissions to admin
Thank You
for your attention
Edith Falk