Bonnie Imler, Michelle Eichelberger

Optimizing Discovery Systems to Improve User Experience (eBook, ePUB)

The Innovative Librarian's Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two authors with more than 40 years of combined library experience tap into their wealth of knowledge about discovery and user experience, sharing proven methods for setting up, promoting, and teaching their own discovery systems. Discovery systems are the new one-stop search model for libraries, but simply implementing the software doesn't ensure that it will meet your users' search needs. This book looks at how discovery systems are actually used by examining the findings of several user experience (UX) studies, providing data and observations that will inform your decisions about selecting, implementing, and enhancing this software. This book provides library practitioners who choose, administer, and interact with discovery systems with insight for establishing or fine-tuning a discovery system. You will understand how the use and effectiveness of the top discovery systems compare to more traditional databases and web resources, get insight into the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the best-selling discovery systems, and examine the UX research findings of the authors on student response and faculty response. You'll also learn about key configuration options that help or hinder search success with these systems and affect content selection, linking software setup, and interlibrary loan processes. The book concludes with recommended best practices for promoting discovery systems, including web design, placement on the library's website, getting coworkers on board, and PR ideas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216125242
• Artikelnr.: 68167713

Autorenporträt

Bonnie Imler is library director at Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA, and the web usability and assessment coordinator for Penn State University Libraries.

Michelle Eichelberger is the systems and electronic services librarian at Genesee Community College in Batavia, NY.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Setting the Stage Chapter 2
Usability Testing Usability Testing Framework Creating the Study Team
Defining the Purpose of the Study Defining the Scope of the Study
Identifying Participants Selecting a Study Method Designing Your Instrument
Selecting a Data Collection Method Creating Consent Forms Seeking
Permission for the Study Recruiting Participants Planning Research Session
Details Conducting Testing Collecting Data Data Analysis Report Findings
Instrument and Data Retention Storage Methods for Study Instruments and
Results Study Follow Through Chapter 3 Discovery System Configuration Data
Decisions The Catalog Local Catalog Data External Catalog Data Local
Catalog Tools Databases Recommended Database Option in Summon Database
Selection and Branding eBook Collections Setting Up Your User Interface
Search Decisions Results List Getting to Full Text Website Access to the
Discovery System Benchmarking against Other Libraries Search Box Design Web
Implementation Beta Testing System Deployment Transition Planning Search
Engine Optimization Chapter 4 Library Instruction and Discovery Systems
Instruction Methods Learning Outcomes Where to Start Keyword vs. Subject
Searching Advanced Search Boolean Quotation Marks and Truncation Teaching
to Limit Teaching the Extras Citation Discovery System Help Promoting the
Library Reference Desk Teaching Library Research Grit Chapter 5 PR and
Community Buy-In Naming Your Discovery System What's in a Name? Naming
Decisions Name Longevity Discovery System PR PR Leadership PR Methods
Discovery System Orientation Promotional Timing Community Buy-In Library
Staff Selling To Faculty Student Buy-In Chapter 6 Conclusion You Have the
Power A Moving Target Appendix: Software and Tools Glossary Bibliography
Index