New Directions for Discovering Information
OHECC Annual Meeting, 26-Mar-2009, Dayton, OH
Peter Murray, Assistant Director for New Service Development, OhioLINK
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Presentation Outline
• What is OhioLINK?
• Searching for Information:
Library as We Know It and
How It Actually Happens
• The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Library Advantage
• Components of OhioLINK’s Discovery Layer
• Process and Reality Check

What is
OhioLINK?

Searching for
Information in a Library

Searching for
Information in a Library

How Users Prefer to
Search for Information

How Users Prefer to
Search for Information

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The Library Advantage
“Librarian Action Figure” by Gwen’s River City Images

Unified Index –
Components to the
“Index” by Ella Marie

Federated Search –
Components to the
“Heady days.” by JanneM

User Interface –
Components to the
“Roomba 530 User Interface” by FG@flickr.com

Delivery Resolver –
Components to the
“WE DELIVER” by spike55151

Hosted, SaaS – Two
General Classes of
“The Atomic Explosion and Mushroom Fallout at Sunset” by Stuck in Customs

Toolkit – Two General
Classes of Solutions
“VW Tools” by JohnEdgarPark

Process
“Toast Process” by Jeff Werner

Reality Check
“Self Awareness” by Vicki & Chuck Rogers

Parting Thoughts
“Lonely in golden place!” by khalid almasoud

For
More
Information
Peter Murray,
peter@OhioLINK.edu
http://dltj.org/article/ohecc-dl/