1. River Campus Libraries Metasearch and the Cutting Edge: University of Rochester Stephanie Frontz MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group ALA Chicago, June 2005

2. UR Library homepage

3. Find Articles, Journals, Newspapers

4. AJN page

5. First version of Find Articles

6. Usability Findings  Students cannot find articles  Students overwhelmed with database names, contents, and search protocols  Students insist on search simplicity  Library needs to eliminate the complexity of information retrieval  Technologies exist to make it simpler

7. Current Find Articles (I)

8. Finding results (FA I)

9. Search Results (FA II)

10. Getting to full text (FA I)

11. Following links (FA I)

12. Getting there (FA I)

13. Still getting there (FA I)

14. Our Process  Conduct user testing on problem pages  Redesign resource pages  Evaluate various iterations of design  Conduct further user testing

15. New Basic Search (FA II)

16. Basic Search Results (FA II)

17. Sorting order (FA II)

18. Getting to full text (GUF)

19. Full Text

20. Getting print in the library

21. Interlibrary loan (FA II)

22. Find Articles on Course Page

23. Usability group Design group Roles & Responsibilities Content group Define key tasks Raise issues Manage project Create design iterations and prototypes Respond to issues and test results Manage issue-response process Select appropriate tests to perform Perform tests Report results Manage key-task process

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