Integrated search - Primo Jørgen Madsen, The Royal Library of Denmark Tilburg, July 31st 2009

Integrated search - Primo

Jørgen Madsen, The Royal Library of Denmark Tilburg, July 31st 2009

Presentation overview Adding new material Enrichments Coupling with library system (hold requests/lending) Faceted search User interface aspects

Adding new material

Enrichments

Coupling with library system (hold requests/lending)

Faceted search

User interface aspects

Adding new material Anything that can be harvested Done using socalled ’pipes’ Out-of-the-box pipes for: ALEPH, MAB, UNIMARC, DigiTool, Unicorn, Voyager, OAI, SFX, MetaLib KB, generic XML Furthermore ’Deep Search’ for remote data (SRU)

Anything that can be harvested

Done using socalled ’pipes’

Out-of-the-box pipes for: ALEPH, MAB, UNIMARC, DigiTool, Unicorn, Voyager, OAI, SFX, MetaLib KB, generic XML

Furthermore ’Deep Search’ for remote data (SRU)

Adding new material

Adding new material

Enrichments Book covers (Amazon, Syndetics, Google Books, selfmade generic templates) Tags (from users or imported via LibraryThing) Reviews (from users or imported via LibraryThing) Tables of content (Syndetics) Links to: Amazon online reader, WorldCat, Syndetics abstracts and excerpts, selfmade generic templates

Book covers (Amazon, Syndetics, Google Books, selfmade generic templates)

Tags (from users or imported via LibraryThing)

Reviews (from users or imported via LibraryThing)

Tables of content (Syndetics)

Links to: Amazon online reader, WorldCat, Syndetics abstracts and excerpts, selfmade generic templates

Enrichments

Enrichments

Enrichments

Coupling with library system GetIt link from brief and full display Real-time availability via webservice Availability status shown (available/checked out) All locations visible from brief display Link to the ILS holdings screen Link to ’My library card’ (borrower status)

GetIt link from brief and full display

Real-time availability via webservice

Availability status shown (available/checked out)

All locations visible from brief display

Link to the ILS holdings screen

Link to ’My library card’ (borrower status)

Coupling with library system

Coupling with library system

Coupling with library system

Faceted search Facets can be defined freely based on source data Facets can be placed to the right or left of results (interestingly, left increases usage) Our experience: Less is more We have chosen: ’Top level’, resource type, topic, creator. Language, creation date, collection, genre Ordered by how users have ”voted with the mouse” Facets can be used as a ’search history’

Facets can be defined freely based on source data

Facets can be placed to the right or left of results (interestingly, left increases usage)

Our experience: Less is more

We have chosen: ’Top level’, resource type, topic, creator. Language, creation date, collection, genre

Ordered by how users have ”voted with the mouse”

Facets can be used as a ’search history’

Faceted search

Faceted search

User interface aspects Stylesheet based (tiles) Quite flexible (within limits) Thorough usability test performed by external company – adjustments made as result User feedback (more than 1500). Valuable input to change things progressively

Stylesheet based (tiles)

Quite flexible (within limits)

Thorough usability test performed by external company – adjustments made as result

User feedback (more than 1500). Valuable input to change things progressively