Library Discovery Directions
29 June 2020
Lorcan Dempsey
In this foreword to the edited collection Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library (2020), Lorcan Dempsey traces shifting trends in the library discovery environment contributing to the diversified scope of resource discovery.
La facilitated collection: una riflessione sulle collezioni come servizio
21 April 2020
Lorcan Dempsey
The post considers how the contract termination between the University of California and Elsevier has signaled a change for our scholarly communication models.
Reflections on Collective Collections
16 January 2020
Brian Lavoie, Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas
Collective collections are the combined holdings of a group of libraries, analyzed and possibly managed as a unified resource. Constructing, understanding, and operationalizing collective collections is an increasingly important aspect of collection management for many libraries. This article presents some general insights about collective collections, drawn from a series of studies conducted by OCLC.