Summon at Huddersfield

Pattern, David (2010) Summon at Huddersfield. In: Implementing and evaluating Summon at Huddersfield and Northumbria Universities, 25 May 2010, University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

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The Summon web-scale discovery service (from Serials Solutions) aims to simplify access to the breadth of the library’s resources via a simple single search box. By harvesting and indexing metadata from publishers and local library collections it facilitates resource discovery and access to multiple library collections whether in print or electronic form.

URI:

https://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/8307

Title:

Summon at Huddersfield

Creators:

Pattern, David

Official URL:

http://library.hud.ac.uk/blogs/summon4hn/stuff/may...

Date:

25 May 2010

Subjects:

Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software

Schools:

Computing and Library Services

Additional Information:

The University of Huddersfield was the first commercial adopter of Summon in the UK, quickly followed by Northumbria University. This free event will look at the reasons behind the purchase of Summon, the technical implementation and subsequent roll out to the users.