Rich and Dynamic Library Catalogs

Rich and Dynamic Library Catalogs

Author: 
Kan, Min-Yen
Place: 
Hershey, PA
Publisher: 
IGI Global
Date published: 
2012
Responsibility: 
Gozali, Jesse Prabawa, jt. author
Editor: 
Tramullas, Jesus
Source: 
Library Automation and OPAC 2.0
Abstract: 

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.

Series: 
Advances in Library and Information Science

CITATION: Kan, Min-Yen. Rich and Dynamic Library Catalogs edited by Tramullas, Jesus . Hershey, PA : IGI Global , 2012. Library Automation and OPAC 2.0 - Available at: https://library.au.int/rich-and-dynamic-library-catalogs