In November 2013, UKSG published a UKSG and Jisc-funded research project “Impact of Library Discovery Technology” that evaluates the impact of library discovery technologies, specifically Resources Discovery Systems, on the usage of academic content. The report provides a wealth of useful information and a practical set of recommendations for actions that libraries, publishers and others in the academic information supply chain should take to engage with such technologies to best support the discovery of resources for teaching, learning and research. Ed Pentz gave an overview of how the UKSG Research and Innovation Committee works and how this study fits in with the plans the Committee has for future initiatives.

1. Impact of Library Discovery
Technologies
UKSG Webinar
May 2014

2. R&I Remit
• To stimulate research and collaborative
initiatives, encourage innovation and
promote standards for good practice
across the information community
• To take a strategic view of the
information community and identify key
knowledge gaps and specific problems
that could be solved by developing best
practice guidelines

3. UKSG R&I Committee
• UKSG Research
• COUNTER
• Usage Factor
• KBART
• Transfer Code of Practice

4. UKSG R&I Committee
• UKSG Research
• COUNTER (independent org)
• Usage Factor (with COUNTER)
• KBART (NISO)
• Transfer Code of Practice (NISO)
• Impact of Library Technology report

5. UKSG R&I Committee
• Impact of Library Technology
• Idea from the UKSG R&I Committee
(Sarah Pearson) in 2012
• Undertaken with support from Jisc –
project awarded mid-2013
• Report published December 2013

6. Discovery Resources
• Impact of Library Technology Report –
• http://www.uksg.org/researchstudy
• Discovery Plenary at UKSG Conference
2014 –
• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=UKSG+2014+Plenary+4
• NISO Open Discovery Initiative
• http://www.niso.org/workrooms/odi/