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A tale of two systems - Library Plus and Discover: EDS at the University of Derby.James KaySubscriptions & Document Delivery LibrarianGraham MartindaleAssistant Subject Librarian

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Introduction & Context

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A bit about us…

James KaySubscriptions & Document Delivery Librarian

I manage the Library Subscriptions & Document Delivery (LSDD) Team, looking after journals, e-resources, ILLs, e-usage, online reading lists and discovery services

Graham MartindaleAssistant Subject Librarian at Leek

I provide subject support for all subject areas at the Leek campus of Buxton & Leek College

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What We’re Doing

Today, we’ll be…• Presenting the work we’ve done

relating to EDS at the University of Derby and Buxton & Leek College

• Describing the separate systems we have in place for HE and FE students

• Describing the implementation and launch of our newest EDS system

• Previewing an ongoing improvements programme and developments with Full Text Finder

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Discover ProjectSummer/Autumn

2015

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EDS at Derby

• Library administrates two separate EDS systems across campuses

• Library Plus is used by our HE students

Implemented Autumn 2013

• Discover is the EDS system for FE students at Buxton & Leek College

Implemented Summer 2015 Launched in Autumn 2015

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Planning for Discover

• Senior library staff from Derby, Buxton & Leek campuses attended a webinar w/t EBSCO

Separate EDS platform for FE

Integrated eBook Collection

• EBSCO demonstrated EDS in an FE setting with examples from other institutions

• eBooks for FE Collection trialled at Buxton & Leek College

• Discovery Package approved at budget level

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Testing & Implementation

• Project Group co-ordinated set-up and implementation of Discover

James KayGraham MartindaleJon White

• Liaised with International Support and Software As A Service teams

• Agreed searchable databases list

• Excel log file for tracking queries

• Aim to implement by August 2015

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Launching Discover

• Discover launched to students in September induction period

Demonstrations for academic and teaching staff

Training for facilitators/librarians

• Project Group asked EBSCO to suspend updates and tweaks to ensure consistency during inductions

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What We Weren’t Expecting

• Project Group identified the following issues in Discover

Appearance & Terminology

Databases/content lists

EDS-Prism linking issues

EDS-Prism integration issues

Lack of single sign-on

Range of icons and displays

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What We Learnt

• Open to experimentation and trying new ideas in EDS

Default to Full Text

Customised Limiters

Customised Links

Research Starters

• Willingness to look at other institutions and best practice

• Implementation foreshadows developments in Library Plus

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Full Text Finder & Library Plus

ProjectSummer/Autumn

2016

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Impact of Full Text Finder

• EBSCO demonstrated Full Text Finder to library teams

• EBSCO also demonstrated examples of Full Text Finder within other institutions

University of Liverpool

SOAS, University of London

Manchester College

FH Kufstein, Germany

Hochschule Utrecht, Netherlands

• Challenged our perceptions of Library Plus and how we use it

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Planning & Implementation

• Project Group co-ordinated Library Plus improvements and usability sessions

James KayRichard Swift

• E-Resources Team co-ordinated FTF migration w/t Library Plus

James KayNatalie McKennaAlex Marshall

• Liaised with our Account Manager & International Support Team

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Usability & Preferences (1)

• Staff and students were asked about searching preferences

Should all searches default to show full text results or show all results?

Should basic search default to full text only?

Should advanced search default to all results?

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Default Results?

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Basic or Advanced

Searching?

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Usability & Preferences (2)

• We also asked them about their visual preferences in Library Plus

Should full text icons be standardised or left the

same?

If standardised, what should they be called?

Should we adopt a colour scheme for easy

definition?

Should we have an icon for records where no full text is available?

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Default or Standardised

Styles?

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What We’re Learning

• Two systems can work independently of one-another and together

• Shared understanding of systems administration helped to manage colleagues’ expectations

• Improvements for Library Plus feed back into the work on Discover

• Improvements enable us to showcase resources and make them more accessible to students

Not what we’ve learntBut what we’re

learning!

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Thank You for Listening!

With thanks to colleagues at DerbyJon White Subject Librarian for Business, Hospitality, Tourism, Sport and Access/Foundation Courses

Richard Swift Subject Librarian for Arts

And to our partners at EBSCORichard Debenham, Adam Walsh, Richard Bramwell, Adam Hawk, Jessica Carmody and David Love