1. The world’s libraries. Connected. Lessons learned from rebuilding ArchiveGrid The Discovery Channel San Diego, Calif., June 21, 2012 #RBMS12 Ellen Ast Research Assistant OCLC Research @AstMeansBranch

2. The world’s libraries. Connected. 1.ArchiveGrid’s Mission & History 2.Previous User Studies 3.Our Survey and Highlighted Findings What we’ll cover today …

3. The world’s libraries. Connected. ArchiveGrid’s Mission & History

4. The world’s libraries. Connected. Connect researchers …

5. The world’s libraries. Connected. …to primary source materials

6. The world’s libraries. Connected. 1999: RLG’s Archival Resources

7. The world’s libraries. Connected. 2006: ArchiveGrid.org subscription service

8. The world’s libraries. Connected. 2011: Freely available ArchiveGrid from OCLC Research

9. The world’s libraries. Connected. 2011: Freely available ArchiveGrid from OCLC Research

10. The world’s libraries. Connected. 2011: Freely available ArchiveGrid from OCLC Research

11. The world’s libraries. Connected. ArchiveGrid index growth

12. The world’s libraries. Connected. User Studies

13. The world’s libraries. Connected. Who are the researchers and what are they like? What resources do researchers use and how do they find them? How do researchers search online? What do researchers want to know from their search? User Studies: Key questions

14. The world’s libraries. Connected. Original three user groups are going strong… Grad students Connected the most to others who can teach them about new places to go for research. Genealogists Connected the most online Most independent seekers of new research resources Faculty Connected the most to librarians and archivists Intend to publish research findings

15. The world’s libraries. Connected. Survey and Highlighted Findings

16. The world’s libraries. Connected. 15 new questions based on prior questions Survey Monkey April 27-May 25 $50 Amazon gift card! Multiple choice and open-ended questions ArchiveGrid blog: http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/blog/ Methodology

17. The world’s libraries. Connected. How do you discover new websites and other research resources? Q. 10

18. The world’s libraries. Connected. When you want to share information about a new website or other research resources what are your preferred ways to communicate? Q. 12

19. The world’s libraries. Connected. Which of these website features are valuable for your research? Q. 13

20. The world’s libraries. Connected. Comments, tags, reviews and recommendations can come from a variety of sources. Is there a particular type of user whose comments, recommendations, etc. you find most valuable? Q. 14

21. The world’s libraries. Connected. How do you discover new websites and other research resources?

22. The world’s libraries. Connected. How do you discover new websites and other research resources? Finding Aids Genealogy Section at the Library Newspapers and magazines on my topic Footnotes Bibliographies

23. The world’s libraries. Connected. How do you share new websites and other research resources?

24. The world’s libraries. Connected. How do you discover new websites and other research resources?

25. The world’s libraries. Connected. Who is the unaffiliated scholar? Living history performer Tutor Metal detecting explorer Blogger Artist Writer Exhibit designer Event planner Teacher Archives, library, museum, historical society employee Presenter Model ship builder Church member Forensic engineer Working professional Volunteer Filmmaker Consultant Journalist Curious person Documentary maker Family member Retiree Historic homes tour guide

26. The world’s libraries. Connected. Unaffiliated scholars: what is the intended purpose of your research?

27. The world’s libraries. Connected. Unaffiliated scholars: what is the intended purpose of your research?

28. The world’s libraries. Connected. Unaffiliated scholars: what is the intended purpose of your research?

29. The world’s libraries. Connected. Unaffiliated scholars: How do you discover new websites and other research resources?

30. The world’s libraries. Connected. Unaffiliated scholar? How do you discover and share new resources?

31. The world’s libraries. Connected. Unaffiliated scholars: how do you share information about resource discoveries?

32. The world’s libraries. Connected. Whose comments, recommendations, etc. do you find most valuable?

33. The world’s libraries. Connected. Whose comments, recommendations, etc. do you find most valuable?

34. The world’s libraries. Connected. Fin Ellen Ast aste@oclc.org