Web Scale Discovery Services: A Library Technology Report

by Jason Vaughan

Overview

To help individual libraries evaluate which service will best meet the needs of the library and its community, this report provides detailed evaluation questions and concludes with a section providing additional background information on each service.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838992210
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	36
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jason Vaughan is the Director of Library Technologies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). In this capacity, he serves as senior administrator and provides overall leadership for three departments within the UNLV Libraries: Digital Collections, Library Systems, and Web and Application Development Services. Previous positions at UNLV include Head of Library Systems and Information Systems Librarian. He has published and spoken extensively on library and library technology topics, including library automation, digitization, planning, and policy, and has served as co-investigator for multiple grants totaling over half a million dollars.