Jason Vaughn wrote a great review of web-scale discovery for Library Technology Reports . He covered several commercial products in detail, including Summon, Primo Central, OCLC WorldCat Local, and EBSCO Discovery Service.
http://www.alatechsource.org/taxonomy/term/106/web-scale-discovery-services
I published two comparative reviews on web-scale discovery tools for The Charleston Advisor.
Web-Scale Discovery: A Review of Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, and WorldCat Local
http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.12.1.5
More on Web-Scale Discovery: A Review of Encore Synergy and Primo Central
http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.12.4.11
Hope this helps.
Ronda
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Hi,
Would anyone be able to provide list of what discovery platforms are currently available on the market including open source platforms?
I need to write a market report that details what products are available. Also, for those of you that have gone through the process of buying a system would you be able to share with me what criteria you used to purchase and let me know how many of these systems you looked at via demonstrations?
I realise similar questions have been asked in the past but any help you can offer me would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Dawn
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