MARS Local Systems & Services Forum panel for ALA Midwinter

[Carole Pilkinton <pilkinton.10@nd.edu>]

The RUSA/MARS Local Systems & Services Committee invites you to 
join our discussion forum 'Discovery Systems: Solutions a User 
Could Love?' When: Sunday, January 17, 2010 from 1:30-3:00 pm 
Where: Westin Waterfront Faneiul Room.

Panelists include:

(1) Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technology and
Research,Vanderbilt University, "Overview of Discovery Systems."
(2) Cody Hanson, Technology Library, University of Minnesota, "User
testing and feedback on Primo at the University of Minnesota."
(3) Frances McNamara, Director, Integrated Library Systems and
Administrative and Desktop Systems,University of Chicago, "LENS
Discovery System, based on AquaBrowser."
(4) Barbara DeFelice, Director Digital Resources Program, Dartmouth
"Summon @ Dartmouth College: the User View."

Our panelists will highlight the experiences of libraries that 
have implemented "next generation discovery tools" that provide 
access to library collections from a single search box. Panelists 
will focus their comments on user response and subsequent 
assessment of the local implementation.  Discussion forum 
participants will be able to share their experiences with 
discovery tools and ask questions following the panelists. A 
summary of the key ideas will be posted on the MARS Local Systems 
& Services web page following Midwinter.

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