River Campus Libraries Creating Usable User Interfaces (with Voyager, Encompass, and SFX) David Lindahl, Digital Initiatives Manager Jeff Suszczynski, Senior Web Developer

Agenda  Consistent interfaces  Voyager and Illiad interfaces  “DVDs and Videos”  Federated Search (Find Articles)  Interfaces in the users context  Course Pages  Find Articles Courses Clusters  DSpace  Future interfaces  SARA  CUIPID  OpenURL Knowledge Bases (SFX, LinkFinder, etc)

Consistent interfaces  Style guide  Web design process  Technology  Content Management System  Cold Fusion Server  Microsoft SQL  Voyager (html)  Illiad (html, variables)  Encompass (XSLT)  SFX (web service, SQL)

Consistent interfaces  Homepage  Voyager instance interface  Illiad interface

Illiad mySQL PERL/cgi Web Server MS SQL ColdFusion Infrastructure Voyager Oracle WebVoyage Public view of library website

Voyager and Illiad interfaces Voyager (WebVoyage) customization  Instancing – address shared catalog issue  CSS and HTML editing  Header.htm  Footer.htm  Configuration files  Opac.ini  Trial and error  Examples  Hide the ‘Reset’ button  Replace graphics with standard text links

Voyager and Illiad interfaces Illiad Customization  Instancing – address shared interlibrary loan issue  CSS and HTML editing  Embedded variables  Managing sets of files  Trial and error  Example  OpenURL page customization

DVDs and Videos Why  Not browse-able  Common queries were for specific titles, genres and directors  Voyager (WebVoyage) just didn’t cut it  Cumbersome limits page to work through  Customized metadata display on results screen  Integration with website  UC Berkeley example

DVDs and Videos What  Web interface for searching and browsing DVD and Videos collection  Fully automated system  Maintain data in Voyager  Allow users to search by keyword, and browse by title, genre, and director

DVDs and Videos How  Record cleanup in Voyager  Scheduled PERL script  Parse the blob  Conditional logic  Regular expression cleanup  Save flat-text file  Scheduled ColdFusion script  Import flat-text file  Populate SQL database  Cold Fusion User Interface queries SQL

Web Server MS SQL ColdFusion DVDs and Videos Voyager Oracle WebVoyage Public view of DVDs and Videos PERL copy

DVDs and Videos

 Live Voyager Status, how it works  We have BIB and MFHD IDs  SQL query to Voyager  SQL query to local database

DVDs and Videos

Web Server MS SQL ColdFusion DVDs and Videos Voyager Oracle WebVoyage Public view of DVDs and Videos PERL copy

DVDs and Videos  CDs and Sound Recordings  Staff only access to CDs  Record Manipulation  Limited collection size  Extraction of data similar to DVDs and Videos

DVDs and Videos  FRBR  Primary language = expression level attribute  Genre = work-level attribute  User needs  Unknowingly implemented aspects of FRBR

Federated Search (Find Articles) Why  Meet expectations  Difficulty selecting databases and subjects  Support a no knowledge needed pathway

Federated Search (Find Articles) What  Encompass for resource access  Customized interface  Pre-selected databases  Skipped screens, and eliminated choices  Simplified screens  “Full text in two clicks”

Federated Search (Find Articles) 1.Enter keywords and select databases 2.Select databases or “SHOW ALL” 3.Select a result 4.View metadata 5.Select a full text source 6.View full text online Encompass UI

Federated Search (Find Articles) 1.Enter keywords and select databases 2.Select databases or “SHOW ALL” 3.Select a result 4.View metadata 5.Select a full text source 6.View full text online Encompass UI

Federated Search (Find Articles) 1.Enter keywords 2.Select a result 3.View full text online Find Articles UI Generation 3

Federated Search (Find Articles) How  Skip intermediary page  Eliminate Object page from users path  Eliminate Metadata page (database vendor) from users path  Full text in two clicks

Course Pages

Course Clusters

DSpace

SARA

CUIPID

OpenURL K.B.