On June 4-5, 2017 the Library will host the third annual Ivy Plus Discovery Day. “DiscoDay”, as we like to call it, is an opportunity for staff who work on discovery systems (like Blacklight Josiah) to share an update of their work in progress and discuss common issues.
On Sunday, June 4 we will have a hackathon on these two topics.
- StackLife — integrating virtual browse in discovery systems
- Linked Data Authorities — leveraging authorities to provide users with another robust method for exploring our data and finding materials of interest
On Monday, June 5 there will be a full day of sharing and unconference discussion sessions.
We expect about 40 staff from the 13 Ivy Plus Libraries. We’ve initially limited participation to three staff from each institution and we hope to have a good mix of developers, metadata specialists, user experience librarians and others whose work is closely tied to the institution’s discovery system.
For more information about Discovery Day see: https://library.brown.edu/create/discoveryday/