DIGAR National Library Digital ArchiveService design 2014
Background
The National Library of Estonia is the biggest public library and literary culture preservation center in Estonia with over 3.5 million books.
What was the underlying problem?In order to increase popularity of reading among schoolchildren, and to bring back readers to The National Library, the old digital archive (Digar) needed to be replaced with a new, user-friendly version.
Old text heavy interface
The design process
The design process
How it was achieved• On the research level, customer journey mapping was used, in order to identify target audience needs • During wireframe and design process, experts from target audience and The National Library e-archive were heavily involved
RESULTS• Change of actual reading habits by digitalizing recommended literature• Much broader range of educational literature made accessible
Digar is designed to meet the habits of its users – that means device independence
The suggested literature section leads the usergradually towards the Recommonded reading
Updated interface facilitates “searchers” as well as the more visual “browsers”
Achievements• Over 60,000 registered users• Apart form the target audience there was a significant increase in other age groups as well• New content uploaded every 15 minutes
