Mockup #1: “Research Update”

End User: faculty member or scholar; curious usersNeed: Be notified of “hot & happening titles” and/or latest research in one or more topical area(s). Message: JMU Libraries has relevant items for YOU!Notes:• Doesn’t care so much if “latest research” was specifically

acquired by JMU or not• User can customize topic and query parameters with lots

of granularity

Joe Spear’s New Titles Lists • Neuroscience (articles)• Baroque music (books)• Monosodium glutamate

(books and articles)

Recent additions to JMU LibrariesWelcome, Joe Spear!

Mockup #2: “Collection Showcase”

End User: liaison librarians, facultyNeed: Liaison librarians update faculty about things JMU has acquired in their academic subject / with their fundMessage: JMU Libraries is buying appropriate items for disciplinary collectionsNotes:• Focus is on showcasing JMU-acquired resources• Librarian customizes default query parameters• User can change values for query parameters

• Request a purchase• Custom query

Books

Databases

Other

New Titles added to the JMU collection for the Biology Funds (in February, 2012)

JMU Books: 29 titles added in February, 2012

JMU Journals: 5 titles added in Fall, 2102

Journals

Call Number Range to

Why must we choose?

• Millennium: inventory control system aspects– Fund codes– Call number range searching– Date added to collection– Only JMU-acquired resources

• EDS / Discovery– Expanded universe of sources– Fund codes, call number ranges not inherently useful– Dates = publication date, not date added to collection– More likely to have “popularity” features

• Don’t try to make your car be a dishwasher.