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# Institutional discovery systems
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/institutional-discovery-systems/
- Published: 2008-06-06T22:37:41.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:24:10.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: #MPOW, Systems, UX

The University of Wisconsin – Madison has made available its report about institutional discovery services \[[pdf](https://staff.library.wisc.edu/rdetf/RDETF-final-report.pdf.?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\].

> Compare Google searching to the many steps and decisions one must make in order to locate a scholarly article on the UW-Madison Libraries Web site and you get a sense of the problem. \[Resource Discovery Exploratory Task Force Final Report [pdf](https://staff.library.wisc.edu/rdetf/RDETF-final-report.pdf?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

The main recommendations are provided in a [blog entry](https://uwlibdiscovery.blogspot.com/2008/06/executive-summary-of-our-final-report.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) by one of the authors of the report, Kelli Keclik.  
The report has an environmental analysis and reviews relevant products.  
This popped up in my ego-feed earlier today: the report kindly refers to some of my blog entries and articles, and also discusses [Worldcat Local](https://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) alongside other systems and services.