LSRD-SIS Roundtable: Taking the Mystery Out of Discovery

Monday, July 22, 2024

12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT

Room: Randolph 1 (East Tower Concourse)

*Moderator(s)

Rebecca Bearden (she/her/hers)

Senior Serials & Metadata Librarian
Boston University, Massachusetts, United States

*Speaker(s)

Avi Bauer (he/him/his)

Digital Initiatives & Scholarly Communication Librarian
Boston College Law School
Newton Centre, Massachusetts, United States
DB

Daniel Blackaby
SC

Sean Chen
Rachel Decker (she/her/hers)

Collection Management Librarian
Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library, Chapman University
Orange, California, United States
BF

Brian Flaherty
Lauren Seney (she/her/hers)

Associate Director and Head of Resource Access & Discovery
University of Colorado Law Library

The purpose of this roundtable discussion is to engage with all library staff on how we can bridge the gap between public facing library staff, who are experts in the research needs and information seeking behaviors of their patrons, and technical services staff, who are experts in metadata and configuring discovery systems. We hope to discuss ways to communicate about discovery, successes and failures, ideal scenarios, and more. The panelists come from a range of backgrounds, and will be answering some prepared questions, then the audience will be encouraged to ask questions or share their own experiences.

Target Audience:

Any library staff who uses, shows patrons how to use, or configures discovery for their library.