Virtual Environments at NCSU Libraries Josh Boyer NCSU Libraries Living the Future 8.

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Virtual Environments at NCSU Libraries Josh Boyer NCSU Libraries Living the Future 8

Channels

1. Library website 2. Mobile site 3. Kiosks 4. Big screens

Channel 1: Library website

74% of searches from the home page start from the default tab

Articles: 12% Books & Media: 14% Our Website: 1%

41.5% 35.2% 7.8% 5.5%

Top search terms

web of science, citation builder, refworks, jstor, google scholar, pubmed, petition, ieee, naxos, etd, course reserves, science, gis, tripsaver, academic search premier, harvard business review, eric, citation, thesis

Best Bets

Query Distribution Spring 2011

Books & Articles across the semester

C&RL Article Preprint: go.ncsu.edu/librarysearch

Usability test results Overall success rate: 81% Find Articles success rate: 95%

Channel 2: Library mobile site

Mobile site version 1

Mobile site version 2

Mobile site version 3

Average unique users per day Website: 4,740 Mobile: 102

James B. Hunt Jr. Library

Channel 3: Kiosks

Channel 4: Big (!) Screens

Channels

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