ETS Discovery Webinar Series

Join RUSA’s Emerging Technologies Section as we present the Discovery Series webinar series

The ETS Discovery Series provides participants the ability to explore discovery in a variety of ways. These webinars will bring together professionals from various fields of librarianship to discuss the ways they use and think about discovery with their users. Each webinar will feature panel presentations and an opportunity for Q&A. We hope this series appeals to professionals who are interested in discovery and want the opportunity to explore it from a variety of perspectives. 

Exploring Discovery Services: ETS Discovery Webinar Series Part 1

Thursday, May 28, 2020 @ 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT

Discovery services allow our users to see our collections and help them find the information they need. Libraries approach discovery in different ways, and these approaches have changed over time, as new platforms have been introduced. But where is discovery headed? How can discovery inform our practice and research? 

Our first webinar will tackle some of these questions and will feature a broad discussion around discovery. Our panelists will discuss how discovery has changed in libraries over the years, and where it is headed. 

Speakers: Marshall Breeding and Erin Hvizdak

Marketing Discovery & Assessing Usability: ETS Discovery Webinar Series Part II

Thursday, June 4, 2020 @ 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT

Marketing and assessing your discovery layer can help you raise awareness about this tool and make sure your users are finding the information they need. Especially when you’re changing a discovery layer or promoting it to remote users, you need a way to let as many people know. This webinar will discuss how two institutions have marketed their discovery layer and ways they’ve assessed its usefulness.

Speakers: David Comeaux and Ruth TIllman

Exploring Discovery in Instruction Settings: ETS Discovery Webinar Series Part III

Thursday, June 11, 2020 @ 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT

In order for our users to find the information they need, we have to teach them how to use our discovery systems. This webinar will highlight ways librarians are teaching their users about discovery. We will discuss strategies, activities, and research done on instruction for discovery. Along with these strategies the panelists will also speak to challenging in teaching discovery and ways to tackle these issues.

Anyone who is involved with discovery at any type of library is encouraged to attend. However, a focus for this webinar series is to help prepare people to make a change with their discovery layer, so a specific ideal audience would be library staff who are in charge of or on a committee where a discovery change is being discussed or implemented. specifically beneficial to academic, school, public and reference librarians, everyone is welcome.

This webinar is sponsored by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) a division of the ALA, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers’ advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need.