Improving web visibility : into the hands of readers

by Ted Fons

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"Improving the visibility of library collections and services on the open web is one strategy in enhancing the long-term viability of libraries. The tradition of modern librarianship has been to focus on the efficiency of library workflow systems and technical processing and the accuracy of metadata against librarian-authored rules for metadata encoding....Discusses actions for libraries to take with regard to content exposure systems, vocabularies, content metadata regimes, and system show more design approaches that will serve the convenience of the web searcher and thereby contribute to the long-term viability of libraries"--Title page verso. show less

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Original publication date
2016
First words
"We are in an in-between world where we have two groups of people: those ones who already go to the library and the ones who never think about the library."
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And even if the highest goal of above-the-fold search results is not widely achieved, some improved service to the reader and improved satisfaction of the reader will be worth the effort.
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English

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Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
025.0427Computer science, information & general worksLibrary & information sciencesAdministration; DepartmentsInformation storage and retrieval systemsWorld Wide WebSemantic Web
LCC
Z666.73 .L56 .F66Bibliography, Library Science and Information Resources

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