Creating a Plan for Discoverability , promotion, and Visibility of digital reference works in the Wrightsville Beach Public Library
By Jencey Gortney, Adult Services Librarian, Wrightsville Beach Public Library, Public Libraries Online, jlgortney@crimson.ua.edu published on July 31, 2022 Discoverability is defined as a ” problem for content creators to find an audience given an abundance of choice.” We at the Wrightsville Beach Public Library feel that discoverability is important and impacts the services we offer our patrons. We implemented a plan to increase discoverability by promoting and increasing visibility and access to reference resources, on the library website. It all starts with the catalog which shows the resources that the library has. In the article Thirteen Ways of Looking at Libraries , Discovery, and the Catalog: Scale, Workflow, Attention by Lorcan Dempsey explores the way that libraries can build discoverability. The catalog lists the resources that can be used by the reference staff or patrons. The staff works with different forms of metad