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OUTLINE
Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion
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INTRODUCTION
Information overflow Integration of (NLP)
modules Web 2.0 + AJAX Usability + User
Experience
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Motivation Challenges
Lack of OPAC guidelines
Legacy UI vs Web 2.0
Academic context
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Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion
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RELATED WORK Lee Yan Ze Malcolm – LINC User Interface Critique and
Re-implementation The Georgia Public Library – Evergreen
Some asynchronous communication Spelling suggestion module
Medialab Solutions - Aqua Browser (e.g. NLB) Visual search engine; search terms as a graph of related
keywords Java Applet
Hearst M. et al – Flamenco system Direct searching + browsing Metadata and unique item visual representation
Endeca Guided navigation system to refine searches Spelling suggestion module
Snap.com, A9.com, Google.com
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Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion
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METHODOLOGY
Features Information bar – NLP modules Overview / Preview Panes – hybrid OPAC UI Tabbed UI – AJAX AJAX Data Grid – information organization Related sidebar – lateral and refined searches
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Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion
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EVALUATION
Test Groups LINC – Control Group New System – With instructions New System – Without instructions
User Testing Is the interface difficult to
discover/understand/tolerate? Do the new features make any difference? Is training necessary? What would the learning
curve look like? How foreign does the new system feel as
compared to LINC? Metric-based testing in February
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Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion
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CONCLUSION
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“We need application software to enable retrievals and displays such as topic maps and other cluster display capabilities and guided search engines, utilizing information we provide in bibliographic and authority records that augments information we could use from digitized object themselves.”
• Barbara B. Tillett, Cataloging for the Future, October 13, 2004.