Personally-Tuned Discovery
Ken Varnum
@varnum
www.varnum.org
Top Tech Trends | 29 June 2014 | @varnum
Discovery Was
Top Tech Trends | 29 June 2014 | @varnum
Discovery Was
• At best, federated
• Normally, search a bunch of ponds to dip into
• SO YESTERDAY
Top Tech Trends | 29 June 2014 | @varnum
Discovery Today
Top Tech Trends | 29 June 2014 | @varnum
Discovery Today
• Everything is available
• Hard to find the edges or the bottom
• It’s a bit stormy out there
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Discovery Will Be
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Discovery Will Be
• Configurable
• Mixable
• Personalized
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Tuning
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Tuning
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Courses
Years of study
Language preference
Academic standing
Closely tied to institution
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Concluding Thoughts
• Well-filtered searches make good current awareness tools
• Libraries should be asking discovery vendors for:
– Need to offer variable scope filters
– Flexible, locally customizable
• Filtered views should not be default view for novice users
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Thanks
Slides available at
www.varnum.org
@varnum | varnum@umich.edu
Image Credits
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Discovery Was: https://www.flickr.com/photos/baggis/5272927475
Discovery Today: http://ak0.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/5889896/preview/stock-footage--kseamless-loop-aerial-view-of-rough-stormy-ocean-or-sea-surface-with-big-waves-k-uhd-hd.jpg
Discovery Will Be: http://www.geo-logic.org/Sedimentology/Deltaic%20Environments/gangesbrahmaputra%20delta.jpg
Tuning: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sergiu_bacioiu/4370021957/
Top Tech Trends | 29 June 2014 | @varnum