Rich and Dynamic Library Catalogs: A Case Study of Online Search Interfaces

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Author(s): Jesse Prabawa Gozali (National University of Singapore, Singapore)and Min-Yen Kan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 20
Source title: Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jesus Tramullas (University of Zaragoza, Spain)and Piedad Garrido (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1912-8.ch002

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Information Systems / Library Science

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The authors redesign the user interface of an online library catalog, leveraging current Web technologies that allow dynamic and fine-grained user interaction. Over the course of their iterative design and test cycle, they identified four key areas where such dynamic Web technologies can be used to improve the support for typical information seeking strategies, namely: 1) the use of overview + details, 2) a tabular data display, 3) using tabs as a history mechanism, and 4) embedding a suggestion bar. The authors believe that the revised affordances created by their changes in these four areas will inform the design of future search interfaces.

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