From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:02:40 -0400

Knowledge Unlatched hosts its content with HathiTrust, OAPEN, and Open
Research Library.

Previously, we just turned on the collection in OCLC Worldshare so records
were automatically loaded and added. We do not need to do that anymore as
OhioLINK is bringing in the records for the entire consortia. We also have
turned on in EDS (and previously Summon). It has been very little effort
and maintenance to expose the content to our users.

Thank you,
Brian

Brian C. Gray
Collection Strategies Librarian
Kelvin Smith Library 201-F
Email: [log in to unmask]


On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 1:47 AM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:27:03 -0700
>
> I may be missing something, or else this is instructive.  I've followed
> Knowledge Unlatched for a decade, always interested, but never quite
> persuaded.  (Full disclosure:  my institution does not subscribe.)  I
> realize on reading this and following the links that I have two questions
> about discovery.
>
> First, is there in any convenient place a conspectus of KU books,
> conveniently arranged for browsing by subject areas, that could entice me
> to look into books I've not heard of or not gotten around to admiring up
> close?  I can't find that on the KU website.  If we think of KU as a kind
> of redistributive publisher, I'd like to be able to browse *their* catalog.
>
> Second, what is the underlying strategy of discovery?  The access to MARC
> records on the website suggests that readers are *expected* to encounter
> these items in library online catalogs where institutions have taken the
> time and trouble to import MARC records -- and then they will be found only
> by those using classic discovery tools with a particular personal focus.
> For example, if there is the definitive work on the lesser works of Fulke
> Greville in the series, I will find it if I am pursuing Greville but not
> otherwise.
>
> I say again, I may be missing something, even something obvious, and I
> apologize for that if that's the case, and would appreciate being set
> right.  But I have a growing concern about how users discover new
> scholarship in the real world.  How do these very good books get found?
>
> Jim O'Donnell
> ASU
>

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