1. SLA San Diego Fall Seminar Round Table Discussion
“Effective and Efficient: Designing a User Interface that Encourages Learning”
Jamie Lin, September 2016

2. The Current Website (before redesign)

3. The LibraryU page houses Research Guides, Tutorials, and Webinar recordings.
It’s organized by general topic: Foundations, Getting Started, Research Essentials
It’s not bad, but it’s not dynamic, and it’s organized by librarians for librarians.

5. Questions How do our students/patrons ask for information?
Let’s design the page so that it addresses the questions they ask us, instead of organizing it by things we think they should know.
User behavior on the website. Do they click the links? How many times will they click to get to a resource?
Maximum two clicks to find most tutorials. Common questions and their related tutorials will appear immediately. Require zero clicks.
Location of and navigation to content
Keep webinar content separate?
Include a list of all tutorials

6. The Plan –
LibraryU (tutorials) website redesign and new information literacy modules, Q3 & Q
The new tutorials page will include a new series of instructional modules that will cover the vast majority of questions we receive.
Modular structure allows for easy customization of content for different courses.
Full Tutorials (made of several modules) include:
“How Do I Begin?”
“Help! Need Article”
“The Research Process”

7. IS SOMETHING NOT WORKING? (Technical Help Section)
Add some text to show that these are tutorials
Tutorials
Add technical help section
IS SOMETHING NOT WORKING?
(Technical Help Section)

8. DRAFT Most Common Issues How Do I…? Start My Research Search and Find
I don’t understand my assignment.
How do I use the library?
Help! Need article(s)
Get Better Results
Save and Organize
Write and Cite
What Is…?
Can I use the internet for my research?
I can’t find anything on my topic.
How do I choose keywords?
View All Tutorials
Full tutorials on left hand navigation menu, short modules addressing specific need accessed via buttons.
Webinars
DRAFT

9. DRAFT How do I start my research? How Do I…? Start my research
How Do I Begin?
The Research Process
How do I begin?
How do I use the library?
How do I know what I should write about?
Research, Keywords, Databases: An Overview
Choosing Keywords
Search and Find
Get Better Results
How do I choose keywords?
Save and Organize
Write and Cite
What Is…?
View All Tutorials
DRAFT

10. DRAFT How do I search and find… How Do I…? Start my research
How do I find an article?
How do I search for original research?
How do I find an ebook?
Help! Need Article
How to Search For and Identify Original Research
Database Search Tips
Internet Research
Get Better Results
Save and Organize
Write and Cite
What Is…?
View All Tutorials
DRAFT

11. DRAFT How do I get better results? How Do I…? Start my research Find
I’m not finding anything on my topic.
How do I read a scholarly article?
Choosing articles and revising results
Choosing Articles & Revising Results
Evaluating Sources
How to Read a Scholarly Article
Boolean Operators
Using Database subject headings
Truncation
Literature Reviews
Save and Organize
Write and Cite
DRAFT
What Is…?
View All Tutorials

12. DRAFT Writing Center Resources How Do I…? Start my research Find
Get Better Results
Format Paper
Pick a Topic
Cite in APA
Save and Organize
Saving , Organizing, and Citing Research
Write and Cite
Link to Writing Center external site
How to write a good discussion post.
What Is…?
View All Tutorials
DRAFT

13. DRAFT What Is… How Do I…? What Is…?
Primary and Secondary Resources
A Digital Library
Research, Keywords, and Databases: An Overview
Primary and Secondary Sources
Scholarly, Popular, Credible Resources
Subjective and Objective Statements
Factual and Analytical Information
A Digital Library
Quick N Dirty – needs a new title
Scholarly, Popular, and Credible
View All Tutorials
DRAFT

14. LibraryU tutorial page redesign in progress
Play this video to see an example of what the new tutorial page will look like.

15. Tutorial Creation Philosophy
Engaging – Students will click on one embedded link. If it is boring, they will not watch anything else.
Interactive – Students answer questions, choose their path, library will explore adding assessment at end of tutorials.
Adaptive – Format allows for students to go from one tutorial to the next, choosing what topics they want to explore.

16. Information Literacy Module: “How Do I Begin?”
Interactive, Adaptive
LEGEND
New Tutorial Umbrella
Main Sections
New Content Modules
Pre-Existing Resources

17. My search results suck. (The Research Blues)
Modules connect to each other
HELP! Need Article
I have a research topic, but need held finding scholarly articles
Have citation, need specific article
My search results suck. (The Research Blues)
How Do I Begin?

18. ?? Please contact Jamie Lin