Paper details
“Do You Have It?” - Summon as a Primary Search Engine at the National Technical Library
Author
Milan Janíček, National Library of Technology, Czech Republic
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Abstract
Today, libraries provide access to large numbers of resources, often beyond the boundaries of traditional library catalogues. These include many licensed and non-licensed electronic resources, local institutional documents in electronic format, outputs of digitization in addition to physical documents. Simply “granting access” is not enough for today’s (and tomorrow’s) users if they are not able to easily find the information they need. The National Technical Library is committed to providing easier access to resources for its users and is working to provide users with what they need–whenever and wherever they want–with the least amount of effort. The Library now is among the first Czech institutions which have added an aggregated index search engine (specifically, Summon web-scale discovery service from Serials Solutions) to its portfolio of services. This paper will describe the most important considerations in selecting such a solution as well as the Library's specific experience in implementing Summon.
Author's professional CV
Milan Janicek studied Informatics at Masaryk University in Brno and Knowledge Technologies at the University of Economics in Prague. Since 2007 he has worked at the National Technical Library (former State Technical Library) in Prague as administrator for both the SFX link server and the EZproxy remote access server. Recently he has been involved in selecting and implementing a discovery solution.
