FIRST NMC HORIZON REPORT > LIBRARY EDITION!

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Let’s talk aboutAdjusting to the fact that discovery happens elsewhere

SHINY NEW DISCOVERY SERVICE (DEC 2012)

LIBRARY LINKS IN GOOGLE SCHOLAR (JAN 2013)

Discovery search vs Google Scholar

USAGE OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR INCREASE FASTER

Link resolver requests

Jan to June 2013

Jan to June 2014

% increase

Discovery Service

186,047 233,390 20.3%

Google Scholar

29,969 93,621 68.0%

Starting from outside the library home page

USAGE OF PROXY BOOKMARKLET IS INCREASING

Jan to June 2013

Jan to June 2014

% increase

Clicks on proxy bookmarklet

11,700 18,354 56.87%

What can we do?

A) Recommenders

NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD - RECOMMENDER

HTTP://MUSINGSABOUTLIBRARIANSHIP.BLOGSPOT.SG/2013/02/8-LIBRARY-RELATED-BOOK-ARTICLE.HTML

B)Tools to bring back users from outside..

http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2014/07/03/overdrive-is-spreading-and-libraries-are-along-for-the-ride/

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/content.php?pid=199108&sid=1665215

LIBX PLUGIN

WORKING WITH WIKIPEDIA

http://everybodyslibraries.com/2013/03/04/from-wikipedia-to-our-libraries/

www.oclc.org/content/dam/wikipedia-library-project-feb-2014.pptx

HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/WIKIPEDIA:OCLC/SEARCH

Shift focus?

THANK YOU

AARON TAY SENIOR LIBRARIAN

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

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