Improving the discoverability of scholarly content in the Twenty-First Century: Collaboration opportunities for librarians, publishers, and vendors, A SAGE White Paper

Authors

Mary M. Somerville, University of Colorado, DenverFollow
Barbara J. Schader, University of California, RiversideFollow
John Sack, HighWire Press

ORCiD

0000-0002-4201-8335

Document Type

Report

Publication Title

Sage Publications, Ltd.

First Page

1

Last Page

10

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Abstract

Discoverability is a popular buzzword—ultimately meaning the degree to which scholars can locate the content needed to advance their research and other creative activity. Improved user discovery experiences require heightened collaboration among (1) scholarly publishers and their published authors; (2) search engine developers, database providers, abstracting and indexing services, and academic publishers; (3) electronic resource management and integrated library system vendors; and (4) librarians who advance institutional discoverability. Drawing from interviews with value chain experts, results of research studies, and insights from scholarly literature, this white paper assesses the currently fragmented discovery environment and proposes cross-sector conversations to further visibility and, ultimately, usage of the scholarly corpus, not only on the open web, but within library services.

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Originally published by SAGE White Papers which can be viewed on the SAGE website here: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/sage-white-papers

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Somerville, M. M., Schader, B. J., & Sack, J. R. (2012). Improving the discoverability of scholarly content in the Twenty-First Century: Collaboration opportunities for librarians, publishers, and vendors. A SAGE White Paper. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd.