+ re: discovery systems generally, Ruth Kitchin Tillman has a great introduction:
ruthtillman.com/talk/introdu...
She also writes on the maintenance and labor of metadata and system librarianship:
ruthtillman.com/publication/...
ruthtillman.com/talk/interde...
ruthtillman.com/post/whats-u...
ruthtillman.com/talk/introdu...
She also writes on the maintenance and labor of metadata and system librarianship:
ruthtillman.com/publication/...
ruthtillman.com/talk/interde...
ruthtillman.com/post/whats-u...
Introducing Discovery Systems | Ruth Kitchin Tillman
This is the text of a presentation I recorded for an IST 616 course at Syracuse's library school. I was asked to introduce library discovery in 10 minutes, or less, with some focus on how metadata is ...
ruthtillman.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
+ re: discovery systems generally, Ruth Kitchin Tillman has a great introduction:
ruthtillman.com/talk/introdu...
She also writes on the maintenance and labor of metadata and system librarianship:
ruthtillman.com/publication/...
ruthtillman.com/talk/interde...
ruthtillman.com/post/whats-u...
ruthtillman.com/talk/introdu...
She also writes on the maintenance and labor of metadata and system librarianship:
ruthtillman.com/publication/...
ruthtillman.com/talk/interde...
ruthtillman.com/post/whats-u...
There's also a great chart related to this created by Marshall Breeding: librarytechnology.org/mergers/
History of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Library Technology Industry
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Library Technology Industry, including major companies: EBSCO Information Services, ProQuest, OCLC, SirsiDynix, Follett, Axiell, bibliotheca, OverDrive
librarytechnology.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
There's also a great chart related to this created by Marshall Breeding: librarytechnology.org/mergers/
Not in NYC, but Mike Olson at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse recently wrote about this: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism - The Scholarly Kitchen
In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices -- protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Not in NYC, but Mike Olson at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse recently wrote about this: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
I sense the nexus of energy around GLAM labs is now in Europe (www.glamlabs.io). Outside of NYC, also thinking of Yale's LUX platform, the LD4 Discovery Affinity Group, UNLV's wikiframeVG, and emerging work on discovery for digital archives (e.g. DadoCM).
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I sense the nexus of energy around GLAM labs is now in Europe (www.glamlabs.io). Outside of NYC, also thinking of Yale's LUX platform, the LD4 Discovery Affinity Group, UNLV's wikiframeVG, and emerging work on discovery for digital archives (e.g. DadoCM).
The closest I can think of is Carnegie Hall Data Lab (data.carnegiehall.org/datalab/), otherwise I'm not aware of much active/local institutional experimentation re: discovery, particularly as libraries are increasingly implementing commercial/vendor systems and AI is taking up much of this space.
Carnegie Hall Data Lab
A learning space for Carnegie Hall to experiment with linked open data and semantic technologies.
data.carnegiehall.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The closest I can think of is Carnegie Hall Data Lab (data.carnegiehall.org/datalab/), otherwise I'm not aware of much active/local institutional experimentation re: discovery, particularly as libraries are increasingly implementing commercial/vendor systems and AI is taking up much of this space.
this is what happens when I put my phone in my pocket after looking at Bluesky! 😅
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
this is what happens when I put my phone in my pocket after looking at Bluesky! 😅