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Library and Information Science

Virginia Commonwealth University

Series

2013

Primo

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

In The Beginning ... There Was Netlibrary, Barbara Anderson Jan 2013

In The Beginning ... There Was Netlibrary, Barbara Anderson

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

A chronicle of the growth of electronic books in the VCU Libraries collections, the challenges this format presents to cataloging and user discovery, and the approaches taken by VCU Libraries to address these challenges.


True Single Search: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Margaret T. Kidd Jan 2013

True Single Search: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Margaret T. Kidd

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Since the advent of Google, the trend in search engines has been to try to provide as many types of information as possible from a single location. Libraries are no exception, with discovery tools such as Primo and Summon becoming more and more popular. This presentation discusses the pros and cons of using Primo in relation to finding manuscripts and archives materials.