This week’s usable library is: Multnomah County Library What I like: Prominent single search box labeled “Find everything at the library” searches both catalog and site. Example: A search for “storytime” returns both book results and library events in a “bento-box” display: “My MCL” links gets users quickly to their holds, checkouts, as well as reading lists…
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Usable Library of the Week – UW Madison
This week’s usable library is: University of Wisconsin – Madison What I like: Their “Research Tips and Tricks” page:
Continue readingHow is discovery implemented in library sites? New study provides data
An interesting study from Scott Jones and Angie Thorpe in the latest issue of the Journal of Web Librarianship: Library Home Page Design at Medium-Sized Institutions Jones and Thorpe systematically analyzed library website homepage content at 313 medium-sized academic institutions (3,000-9,999 FTE). They looked at 118 different design elements, including how web scale discovery services…
Continue readingUsable Library of the Week – Royal Library of Denmark
This week’s usable library: The Royal Library of Denmark What I like: Primo discovery tool includes embedded help for e-resources:
Continue readingChrome plugin makes it easier for users to bypass the library
Thought provoking post this week by Aaron Tay on his blog Musings About Librarianship: Lazy Scholar – Interesting Chrome extension – a review and comparison with other library find full text options Aaron discusses Lazy Scholar, a Chrome browser extension that streamlines discovery of free full-text using Google Scholar. From an abstract found on…
Continue readingUsable Library of the Week – Marion Public Library
This week’s usable library is: Marion Public Library, Marion, IA What I like: Integrated events calendar means users aren’t sent to an external site:
Continue readingUsable Library of the Week – Arizona State University
This week’s usable library is: Arizona State University What I like: “Find Articles” includes how to find known articles – by citation or DOI:
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