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The Discovery tool is a growing organism


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This article sums up two years of work selecting, configuring and promoting a discovery tool. Our choices were based on our circumstances and might not be right for every library. However, they led us to a state of things which we find satisfactory, and which we are going to improve further. That is why we wish to share them with colleagues who face the same challenges daily, hoping our experience can be of help.

Keywords


Discovery tool; EDS; Implementation; Cataloguing practices; E-books; Electronic resources.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4403/jlis.it-12575

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