Liz Woolcott is the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at Utah State University Libraries in Logan, Utah, USA, and the co-founder of the Library Workflow Exchange.Ali Shiri is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He teaches courses in the areas of digital libraries and information organization and retrieval, and conducts research on digital libraries and repositories, search user interfaces, user interaction with digital information, learning and data analytics, and more recently Artificial intelligence and Ethics.

• Introduction; Part 1: Digital repository functionality – Chapter 1: Digital repositories and discoverability: Definitions and typology; Chapter 2: Understanding repository functionality and structure; Chapter 3: Understanding the role of metadata in a digital repository; Chapter 4: Understanding linked data and the potential for enhanced discoverability; Chapter 5: User search behavior in digital repositories; Part 2: Case studies in visibility and discoverability outside the digital repository – Chapter 6: Discoverability within the library: Integrated systems and discovery layers; Chapter 7: Discoverability beyond the library: Wikipedia; Chapter 8: Discoverability and search engine visibility of repository platforms; Conclusion.

Liz Woolcott is the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at Utah State University Libraries in Logan, Utah, USA, and the co-founder of the Library Workflow Exchange.Ali Shiri is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He teaches courses in the areas of digital libraries and information organization and retrieval, and conducts research on digital libraries and repositories, search user interfaces, user interaction with digital information, learning and data analytics, and more recently Artificial intelligence and Ethics.

• Introduction; Part 1: Digital repository functionality – Chapter 1: Digital repositories and discoverability: Definitions and typology; Chapter 2: Understanding repository functionality and structure; Chapter 3: Understanding the role of metadata in a digital repository; Chapter 4: Understanding linked data and the potential for enhanced discoverability; Chapter 5: User search behavior in digital repositories; Part 2: Case studies in visibility and discoverability outside the digital repository – Chapter 6: Discoverability within the library: Integrated systems and discovery layers; Chapter 7: Discoverability beyond the library: Wikipedia; Chapter 8: Discoverability and search engine visibility of repository platforms; Conclusion.

Liz Woolcott is the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at Utah State University Libraries in Logan, Utah, USA, and the co-founder of the Library Workflow Exchange.Ali Shiri is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He teaches courses in the areas of digital libraries and information organization and retrieval, and conducts research on digital libraries and repositories, search user interfaces, user interaction with digital information, learning and data analytics, and more recently Artificial intelligence and Ethics.

• Introduction; Part 1: Digital repository functionality – Chapter 1: Digital repositories and discoverability: Definitions and typology; Chapter 2: Understanding repository functionality and structure; Chapter 3: Understanding the role of metadata in a digital repository; Chapter 4: Understanding linked data and the potential for enhanced discoverability; Chapter 5: User search behavior in digital repositories; Part 2: Case studies in visibility and discoverability outside the digital repository – Chapter 6: Discoverability within the library: Integrated systems and discovery layers; Chapter 7: Discoverability beyond the library: Wikipedia; Chapter 8: Discoverability and search engine visibility of repository platforms; Conclusion.