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River Campus Libraries
Find ArticlesA Web Redesign for ENCompass
David LindahlWeb Initiatives ManagerRiver Campus LibrariesUniversity of Rochester
Web Design Process
Roles Content Design Usability Development
Web Design Process
Overall Design “Hide the technology” Consistency with library website Task oriented pathways Usability testing program
Page Design Essential components Prioritize Simplify Style guidelines
Universal Design Section 508 Web Style Guide Research-Based Web
Design & Usability Guidelines
Page Editors’ Checklist
“Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.” Ron Mace
Style Guidelines
http://www.section508.gov/ http://webstyleguide.com/
http://usability.gov/guidelines/ http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=623
Models For Finding: Google
1. Enter keywords2. Browse results by title
and snippet3. View full text
Models For Finding: FRBR
FRBR User Tasks Find Identify Select Acquire
FRBR = Functional Requirements for Bibliographic RecordsMore information: http://www.ifla.org
Web Design Process: Find Articles
“Find Articles” project Ongoing project to address usability issues Our implementation of meta-search with
Encompass
Find Articles: Usability Issues
Choosing a database Using a database Expectations OPAC versus database Terminology
Find Articles: Meta-search
What is meta-search? Federated Search Single user interface to multiple databases Simultaneous searching across resources Merged results
What the Libraries Did
Invested in meta-search technology Selected SFX (Linking) Selected Encompass (XML UI, Catalog integration) Vendor partnership
Training User interface development Technology integration (CF, XML, SFX, SQL)
Encompass UI
1. Enter keywords and select databases
2. Select databases or “SHOW ALL”
3. Select a result4. View metadata5. Select a full text
source6. View full text online
Encompass UI
1. Enter keywords and select databases
2. Select databases or “SHOW ALL”
3. Select a result4. View metadata5. Select a full text
source6. View full text online
Find Articles UI
1. Enter keywords 2. Select a result3. View full text online
Mapping the Find Articles UI to FRBR
Search SelectArticle
FullText
(Gather)
FRBR Tasks:• Find• Identify• Select• Acquire
Find Articles: How It Works
Search SelectArticle
FullText
(Gather)
LibraryWeb Server
ERA ServerSubscription
Database
XSLT
User
Page withFull Text
XSLT
XML XML
HTML HTML
Meta-search Issues
Speed and Reliability Connectors Index vs. Meta-search
Ease of use Database selection Abstracts on selection screen Full text availability One click to full text
Quality of results How search terms are applied Database selection Relevance sorted results and de-duping
Meta-search Standards
Z39.50 SRW/SRU and CQL OpenURL NISO MetaSearch Initiative OAI
Find Articles: Subject Clusters
Subject Clusters Pre-selected databases Search boxes anywhere
Course Pages Connects undergrads to
library resources Top-5 resource Usability success
Add Subject Clusters to Course Pages
Web Design Process: Find Articles
David LindahlWeb Initiatives ManagerRiver Campus LibrariesUniversity of Rochester