Library Journal and Serials Solutions are presenting the fourth and final session in the “Returning the Researcher to the Library” series: The Summon™ Service in Real Life. I’m one of three panelists, joining librarians from Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University in discussing why we’re exploring the idea of Web-Scale Discovery (that appears to be what Serials Solutions has settled upon calling this type of product). Personally, I’ll be talking about our fairly-rare (can’t say for certain that it’s unique) organizational structure at the U of Calgary and why it begs for such a product, as well as touching upon some of the challenges we’ve experienced as we’re exploring bringing up Summon.
You can find archives of the first three “Returning the Researcher to the Library” webcasts at http://www.libraryjournal.com/webcastsDetail.