An AJAX interface for the LINC system By Jesse Prabawa Gozali

6/5/20162An AJAX interface for the LINC system Outline  Motivation and Thesis  Initial Survey  Current Progress  The Next Step  Q n A

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6/5/20164An AJAX interface for the LINC system Motivation and Thesis  Push factors Integration of NLP features Information overload  Pull factors Novel possibilities in interaction design Usability -> User Experience  Constraints Legacy OPAC user interfaces Vendor specific user experiences Lack of standards (HTML/XHTML, CSS, usability)

6/5/20165An AJAX interface for the LINC system Motivation and Thesis  Research Question: “For Digital Libraries, given some typical user tasks, what can be improved by an AJAX user interface, or any other changes for that matter."  Thesis: … results?

6/5/20166An AJAX interface for the LINC system Outline  Motivation and Thesis  Initial Survey  Current Progress  The Next Step  Q n A

6/5/20167An AJAX interface for the LINC system Initial Survey  OPAC Georgia Public Library – Evergreen Georgia Public Library ○ Asynchronous data transfers, spelling suggestions Singapore NLB – Aquabrowser (Medialab Solutions) Singapore NLB ○ Visual search engine, network of search term nodes, java applet SirsiDynix – Dynix demo SirsiDynix Endeavour Information Systems – Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth - UMass Dartmouth Library Endeavour Information Systems Innovative Interfaces – NUS LINC Innovative Interfaces

6/5/20168An AJAX interface for the LINC system Initial Survey  Search Interfaces Flamenco – Hearst M., et al ○ Keyword direct search, exploratory metadata browsing Endeca ○ Guided navigation system to refine searches with related information (author, year, subject, etc), spelling suggestions Veerasamy and Navathe ○ Guided query construction with drag and drop  Commercial Google Suggest ○ Simple interface, spelling suggestions A9 Search ○ Layout management Snap.com ○ Overview-preview layout

6/5/20169An AJAX interface for the LINC system Outline  Motivation and Thesis  Initial Survey  Current Progress  The Next Step  Q n A

6/5/201610An AJAX interface for the LINC system Current Progress  Demo:  Research: Conventional usability and design principles: ○ Web and graphics design ○ Search engine interface User Task analysis Survey, inspiration, and adaptation ○ Commercial systems ○ Research systems  Prototyping  User Testing

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6/5/201616An AJAX interface for the LINC system Outline  Motivation and Thesis  Initial Survey  Current Progress  The Next Step  Q n A

6/5/201617An AJAX interface for the LINC system The Next Step  Redesign (Sept – Oct)  Cosmetics  Browser- and platform- specific codes  Interaction design Functionality User Interface Usability  Asynchronous data transfers  More Testing

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