Library Cataloging
Google has published the results of their latest eye-tracking studies. Could be interesting for folks designing OPAC or NGC displays.
- Metastudy Of Users
Image via WikipediaThe digital information seeker: Findings from selected OCLC, RIN and JISC user behaviour projects has just been published by the JISC.In the interest of analysing and synthesising several user behaviour studies conducted in the US and...
- Viewzi
Viewzi is a new search tool, a search mash-up (smash?). They have made it possible to create different views and parameters for a search. On search brings up screens for photos, videos, 4 search engines combined, etc. Interesting approach, they will have...
- Google Books Api And The Opac
Google has an API for Google Books that can add informaiton to the OPAC.The Google Book Search Book Viewability API enables developers to:Link to Books in Google Book Search using ISBNs, LCCNs, and OCLC numbersKnow whether Google Book Search has a specific...
- Open Worldcat And Frbr
OCLC has applied a FRBR tool to the results of Open WorldCat searchs.The display of WorldCat records in the Open WorldCat program has been simplified to help people locate specific versions of a title more quickly. Web users who reach the "Find in a Library"...
- Searching The Opac Using Im
Google Talk IM bot to search the AADL catalog describes a tool for a group to use to search the catalog.Adding a new library is variously easy or difficult depending on whether your library system has a programmer-friendly way to display search results....
Library Cataloging
Google Eye-tracking Studies
Google has published the results of their latest eye-tracking studies. Could be interesting for folks designing OPAC or NGC displays.
When designing the user interface for Universal Search, the team wanted to incorporate thumbnail images to better represent certain kinds of results. For example, in the [how to tie a tie] example above, we have added thumbnails for Image and Video results. However, we were concerned that the thumbnail images might be distracting and disrupt the well-established order of result evaluation.We ran a series of eye-tracking studies where we compared how users scan the search results pages with and without thumbnail images. Our studies showed that the thumbnails did not strongly affect the order of scanning the results and seemed to make it easier for the participants to find the result they wanted.
- Metastudy Of Users
Image via WikipediaThe digital information seeker: Findings from selected OCLC, RIN and JISC user behaviour projects has just been published by the JISC.In the interest of analysing and synthesising several user behaviour studies conducted in the US and...
- Viewzi
Viewzi is a new search tool, a search mash-up (smash?). They have made it possible to create different views and parameters for a search. On search brings up screens for photos, videos, 4 search engines combined, etc. Interesting approach, they will have...
- Google Books Api And The Opac
Google has an API for Google Books that can add informaiton to the OPAC.The Google Book Search Book Viewability API enables developers to:Link to Books in Google Book Search using ISBNs, LCCNs, and OCLC numbersKnow whether Google Book Search has a specific...
- Open Worldcat And Frbr
OCLC has applied a FRBR tool to the results of Open WorldCat searchs.The display of WorldCat records in the Open WorldCat program has been simplified to help people locate specific versions of a title more quickly. Web users who reach the "Find in a Library"...
- Searching The Opac Using Im
Google Talk IM bot to search the AADL catalog describes a tool for a group to use to search the catalog.Adding a new library is variously easy or difficult depending on whether your library system has a programmer-friendly way to display search results....