What is a Discovery Layer?
In terms familiar to most users, a discovery layer is a Google-like search across all library resources. In library language, a discovery layer is a searchable meta-index of library resources, usually including article-level metadata, e-book metadata, metadata from library catalogs, open access resource metadata, etc., and it includes a means of retrieving resources in the result set through linking technology.
In anticipation of National Trivia Day, celebrated on Jan. 4 of each year, I asked for some trivia questions from my few Ohio Technology Consortium colleagues who happened to be in the office over the holidays. As usual, they didn’t disappoint. First, a selection of their trivia questions:
The grand challenges we face in the 21st century are monumental. Solving these important national and global problems will require creative new approaches in science and technology. But responding to these 21st century challenges will prove even more difficult in light of the economic realities facing the nation and the world.
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