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River Campus Libraries
Metasearch and the Cutting Edge:University of Rochester
Stephanie FrontzMARS Hot Topics Discussion Group
ALA Chicago, June 2005
UR Library homepage
Find Articles, Journals, Newspapers
AJN page
First version of Find Articles
Usability Findings
Students cannot find articles
Students overwhelmed with database names, contents, and search protocols
Students insist on search simplicity
Library needs to eliminate the complexity of information retrieval
Technologies exist to make it simpler
Current Find Articles (I)
Finding results (FA I)
Search Results (FA II)
Getting to full text (FA I)
Following links (FA I)
Getting there (FA I)
Still getting there (FA I)
Our Process
Conduct user testing on problem pages
Redesign resource pages Evaluate various iterations of design Conduct further user testing
New Basic Search (FA II)
Basic Search Results (FA II)
Sorting order (FA II)
Getting to full text (GUF)
Full Text
Getting print in the library
Interlibrary loan (FA II)
Find Articles on Course Page
Usability group Design group
Roles & Responsibilities
Content group• Define key tasks• Raise issues• Manage project
• Create design iterations and prototypes• Respond to issues and test results• Manage issue-response process
• Select appropriate tests to perform• Perform tests• Report results• Manage key-task process
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