This document discusses implications for archival management and patron access from analyzing Joyner Library's finding aid interface. It notes that a high-quality interface that enables patrons to easily find information without staff assistance can increase use of archival materials while better utilizing staff time. However, this may also increase demand on staff. The document also discusses considerations for data management and tracking usage statistics. It provides an extensive list of references on finding aid usability and provides general guidelines for an effective collections guide interface.
My colleague, Jodi Hoover, and I gave this presentation during our first MLS archives course. Our research investigated common reactions to, and perceptions of, archival research, particularly in how various users approach finding aids. In the final portion of our presentation we discussed the problem of "hidden collections" and possible ways to improve patron access to such collections.
Libraries, collections, technology: presented at Pennylvania State University...lisld
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My colleague, Jodi Hoover, and I gave this presentation during our first MLS archives course. Our research investigated common reactions to, and perceptions of, archival research, particularly in how various users approach finding aids. In the final portion of our presentation we discussed the problem of "hidden collections" and possible ways to improve patron access to such collections.
Libraries, collections, technology: presented at Pennylvania State University...lisld
Library collections are changing in a network environment. This presentation considers how collections are being reconfigured, it looks at research support services, and it explores the shift from the purchased/licensed collection to the facilitated collection.
Semantic Linking & Retrieval for Digital LibrariesStefan Dietze
An overview of recent works on entitiy linking and retrieval in large corpora, specifically bibliographic data. The works address both traditional Linked Data and knowledge graphs as well as data extracted from Web markup, such as the Web Data Commons.
Presented at Industry Symposium, IFLA, 14 August 2008. Describes a new environment of global information services using metadata, taxonomies, and knowledge organization. Makes the case that these changes will permanently affect what it means "to catalog" materials for the purpose of connecting citizens, students and scholars to the information they need, when and where they need it.
Finding Research Resources on Human Resource ManagementHeather Hopkins
Instructional materials created for National American University Human Resource Management class. Geared toward nontraditional and adult university students
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Discovery Tools in the Information Literacy ...Shaundra Walker
A presentation on the impact of the Summon Discovery tool on information literacy and reference services at Hunt Memorial Library at Fort Valley State University.
Collection directions - towards collective collectionslisld
How the emergence of new research and learning workflows in digital environments is affecting library collecting and collections. Several trends are reviewed. In the light of diversifying competing requirements, the need to manage down print and develop shared print responses is discussed.
Presentation to OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council meeting. 13 Oct. 2014.
Information Literacy/Information Architecture: Lessons Learned from a Card So...Kim Mears
A challenge for library web designers is not just determining terminology that students will understand but also organizing terms in such a way that facilitates access to “needed information effectively and efficiently” (ACRL Information Literacy Standard 2). Library jargon can be confusing to students, so using terms that make sense to a librarian may actually hinder access to information on a website. A card sort exercise is one method that library web designers can use to determine the most appropriate terminology and structure to use on a website, which will result in user-centered information architecture. During a card sort exercise, participants organize terms on index cards in a manner that makes sense to them, creating categories of information with headings that best describe the groupings, along with choosing terms that best describe the information needed. This presentation will illustrate how to gather and correctly interpret assessment data with a card sort exercise in order to create a user-centered website that can effectively support information literacy initiatives, whether for a library website or for any educational website. The presenters will explain different types of card sort exercises, describe how they executed a card sort exercise, how they collected and analyzed the data, and discuss the results as well as lessons learned, such as what worked well, what went wrong, and what they would do differently for future card sort exercises and web site assessment projects.
This presentation was given at Bobcatsss2013 in Ankara.
Once the library assembled a collection and people came to the library to use it. Now, people build communication, workflows and behaviors around a variety of network resources. The library needs to think about how it is visible and relevant in those workflows and behaviors.
The Library in the Life of the User: Two Collection Directionslisld
Our understanding of library collections is changing in a digital, network environment. This presentation focuses on two trends in this context. First, the inside-out library is a trend which sees libraries support the creation, management and discoverability of institutional materials: research data, expertise, preprints, and so on. Second, the facilitated collection is a trend which sees libraries increasingly organize resources around user interests, whether these resources are external, collaborative or locally acquired.
This presentation was given at 'The transformation of academic library collecting: a symposium inspired by Dan C. Hazen'. Harvard Library, 20/21 Oct. 2016
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Organizations focus on infrastructure, engagement and innovation. Libraries have emphasised infrastructure (collections, buildings to house those collections, systems, ...). In recent years they have been switching attention into engagement - better integration with their users' workflow, more direct support for research and learning, ...
This is a presentation from the OCLC EMEARC Regional Council meeting, February 2012.
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Research and learning behaviors are changing in a network environment. What challenges do Academic libraries face? What opportunities do they have? A presentation given at a symposium on the future of academic libraries at the Open University.
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A presentation on the impact of the Summon Discovery tool on information literacy and reference services at Hunt Memorial Library at Fort Valley State University.
Collection directions - towards collective collectionslisld
How the emergence of new research and learning workflows in digital environments is affecting library collecting and collections. Several trends are reviewed. In the light of diversifying competing requirements, the need to manage down print and develop shared print responses is discussed.
Presentation to OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council meeting. 13 Oct. 2014.
Information Literacy/Information Architecture: Lessons Learned from a Card So...Kim Mears
A challenge for library web designers is not just determining terminology that students will understand but also organizing terms in such a way that facilitates access to “needed information effectively and efficiently” (ACRL Information Literacy Standard 2). Library jargon can be confusing to students, so using terms that make sense to a librarian may actually hinder access to information on a website. A card sort exercise is one method that library web designers can use to determine the most appropriate terminology and structure to use on a website, which will result in user-centered information architecture. During a card sort exercise, participants organize terms on index cards in a manner that makes sense to them, creating categories of information with headings that best describe the groupings, along with choosing terms that best describe the information needed. This presentation will illustrate how to gather and correctly interpret assessment data with a card sort exercise in order to create a user-centered website that can effectively support information literacy initiatives, whether for a library website or for any educational website. The presenters will explain different types of card sort exercises, describe how they executed a card sort exercise, how they collected and analyzed the data, and discuss the results as well as lessons learned, such as what worked well, what went wrong, and what they would do differently for future card sort exercises and web site assessment projects.
This presentation was given at Bobcatsss2013 in Ankara.
Once the library assembled a collection and people came to the library to use it. Now, people build communication, workflows and behaviors around a variety of network resources. The library needs to think about how it is visible and relevant in those workflows and behaviors.
The Library in the Life of the User: Two Collection Directionslisld
Our understanding of library collections is changing in a digital, network environment. This presentation focuses on two trends in this context. First, the inside-out library is a trend which sees libraries support the creation, management and discoverability of institutional materials: research data, expertise, preprints, and so on. Second, the facilitated collection is a trend which sees libraries increasingly organize resources around user interests, whether these resources are external, collaborative or locally acquired.
This presentation was given at 'The transformation of academic library collecting: a symposium inspired by Dan C. Hazen'. Harvard Library, 20/21 Oct. 2016
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Organizations focus on infrastructure, engagement and innovation. Libraries have emphasised infrastructure (collections, buildings to house those collections, systems, ...). In recent years they have been switching attention into engagement - better integration with their users' workflow, more direct support for research and learning, ...
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3.3 How Do I Find Information?
Your Road Map to Success: Section 3.3
Learning Outcome 3.3: Explain how to search for information in a digital university library and on the
Internet and determine what type of search is required based on an information need.
Why is this important?
Mastering this outcome will help strengthen your researching skills and ability to locate information both
on the Internet and in a digital university library. For example, Jamar’s first visit to the digital library was
frustrating. He couldn’t find anything related to the specific topic he wanted to research. After consulting
a librarian and learning more about searching, he realized he had been using the wrong databases. His
second visit was much more fruitful; he found all he needed in just a few minutes!
How does this relate to your success in this course?
Mastering this learning outcome will help you locate the information you need to do your assignments
quickly and efficiently so that you can balance the needs of school, work, family, and other commitments.
It will also give you the tools to find the answers you need—whether you are researching a school
assignment or seeking advice for yourself or your family.
All libraries have a system for organizing and accessing their collection that is specific to the resources they
carry and the communities they serve. Most public and academic libraries use electronic catalogs that allow users
to search their collections online. An online catalog is a digital record that contains all of the physical items
located within a library. It may also contain a record of the ebooks and journals a library carries, though typically
not its databases. These catalogs are searchable by title, author, subject, keyword, and more. Libraries have also
shared their catalogs, making them available online through WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/default.jsp
(https://www.worldcat.org/default.jsp) ). This worldwide catalog lists library items available based on your location
and contains bibliographic information on the holdings of over 10,000 libraries worldwide.
A purely digital library does not have a physical collection and therefore does not use a catalog. Instead, it uses
several databases. A database is a digital collection of stored information that has been organized, often by
several criteria, such as author, title, and subject. Databases include abstracts, full-text documents, images,
statistics, and more. Some databases contain general information on a variety of topics, and others contain
information only within a specific discipline or field. Think of a database like a virtual library shelf. It contains
many of the same resources you would find on a shelf in a physical library but in a digital form.
The Internet is another system that has also significa ...
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3.3 How Do I Find Information?
Your Road Map to Success: Section 3.3
Learning Outcome 3.3: Explain how to search for information in a digital university library and on the
Internet and determine what type of search is required based on an information need.
Why is this important?
Mastering this outcome will help strengthen your researching skills and ability to locate information both
on the Internet and in a digital university library. For example, Jamar’s first visit to the digital library was
frustrating. He couldn’t find anything related to the specific topic he wanted to research. After consulting
a librarian and learning more about searching, he realized he had been using the wrong databases. His
second visit was much more fruitful; he found all he needed in just a few minutes!
How does this relate to your success in this course?
Mastering this learning outcome will help you locate the information you need to do your assignments
quickly and efficiently so that you can balance the needs of school, work, family, and other commitments.
It will also give you the tools to find the answers you need—whether you are researching a school
assignment or seeking advice for yourself or your family.
All libraries have a system for organizing and accessing their collection that is specific to the resources they
carry and the communities they serve. Most public and academic libraries use electronic catalogs that allow users
to search their collections online. An online catalog is a digital record that contains all of the physical items
located within a library. It may also contain a record of the ebooks and journals a library carries, though typically
not its databases. These catalogs are searchable by title, author, subject, keyword, and more. Libraries have also
shared their catalogs, making them available online through WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/default.jsp
(https://www.worldcat.org/default.jsp) ). This worldwide catalog lists library items available based on your location
and contains bibliographic information on the holdings of over 10,000 libraries worldwide.
A purely digital library does not have a physical collection and therefore does not use a catalog. Instead, it uses
several databases. A database is a digital collection of stored information that has been organized, often by
several criteria, such as author, title, and subject. Databases include abstracts, full-text documents, images,
statistics, and more. Some databases contain general information on a variety of topics, and others contain
information only within a specific discipline or field. Think of a database like a virtual library shelf. It contains
many of the same resources you would find on a shelf in a physical library but in a digital form.
The Internet is another system that has also significa ...
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Usability Testing a Public ERM: Worth the Effort?Stephanie Brown
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The common use by archaeologists of ubiquitous technologies such as computers and digital cameras means that archaeological research projects now produce huge amounts of diverse, digital documentation. However, while the technology is available to collect this documentation, we still largely lack community accepted dissemination channels appropriate for such torrents of data. Open Context (http://www.opencontext.org) aims to help fill this gap by providing open access data publication services for archaeology. Open Context has a flexible and generalized technical architecture that can accommodate most archaeological datasets, despite the lack of common recording systems or other documentation standards. Open Context includes a variety of tools to make data dissemination easier and more worthwhile. Authorship is clearly identified through citation tools, a web-based publication systems enables individuals upload their own data for review, and collaboration is facilitated through easy download and other features. While we have demonstrated a potentially valuable approach for data sharing, we face significant challenges in scaling Open Context up for serving large quantities of data from multiple projects.
Overview of 3 step process for conducting literature reviews with a limited amount of time and budget
Presentation for the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Coffeebreak Webinar series.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
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Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of Labour
Online Finding Aids
1. An Analysis of Joyner Library’s Manuscripts and
Archives Collection Guides Interface:
Implications for Archival Management & Patron Access
Michelle Belden
April 30, 2012
2. Implications for Archival Management
One of the primary aims of archival management:
Enable and promote the use of our materials
High quality interface to high quality descriptions enables
patrons to find information without going through
staff, saving time-
However, will also create more demand!
However, reference staff time better spent!
And, increased use is good for funding requests!
3. Archival Management Implications, Cont’d -
Data Management?
Not sure of internal systems
Not sure of reports from this FA platform
But, possibly enables tracking of:
Access Restrictions
Copyright Restrictions
Reference statistics (Aeon?)
Online user statistics (Google Analytics?)
4. Selected Readings re: Finding Aid Usability
Conway, Paul. "Understanding the Users of Traditional Archival Collections: Implications for Digital Library Design." 1996
Workshop. http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/research/dig_libraries/conway.html
Hutchinson, Timothy. “Strategies for Searching Online Finding Aids: A Retrieval Experiment.” Archivaria 44 (Fall 1997):
72–101.
Meissner, Dennis. “First Things First: Reengineering Finding Aids for Implementation of EAD.” American Archivist 60.4
(Fall/Winter 1997): 372-387.
Craig, Barbara L. “Old Myths in New Clothes: Expectations of Archives Users.”Archivaria 45 (Spring 1998): 118-126.
Duff, Wendy and P. Stoyanova. “Transforming the Crazy Quilt: Archival Displays from a User’s Point of View.” Archivaria
45 (Spring 1998): 44-79.
Altman, Burt and John R. Nemmers. “The Usability of On-line Archival Resources: The Polaris Project Finding Aid.”
American Archivist 64 (Spring/Summer 2001): 121-131.
Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J. “Popularizing the Finding Aid: Exploiting EAD to Enhance Online Discovery and Retrieval in
Archival Information Systems by Diverse User Groups.” Journal of Internet Cataloging 4 (2001): 199-225.
Szary, R. V. “Encoded finding aids as a transforming technology in archival reference service.” In: Encoded Archival
Description on the Internet. Haworth Information Press, 2001.
English, Jennifer and Marti Heast, Rashmi Sinha, Kristen Swearingen, Ka-Ping Yee. “Hierarchical Faceted Metadata in
Site Search Interfaces.” CHI 2002, April 20-25, 2002, Minneapolis. Published by ACM in 2004.
Hill, Amanda. “Serving the invisible researcher: meeting the needs of online users.” Journal of the Society of Archivists
25.2 (October 2004): 139-148.
Prom, Christopher J. "User Interactions with Electronic Finding Aids in a Controlled Setting." American Archivist 67. 2
(2004): 234-68.
Yakel, Elizabeth. "Encoded Archival Description: Are Finding Aids Boundary Spanners or Barriers for Users?" Journal of
Archival Organization 2 (2004): 63-77.
Cornish, Alan Kevin; Bond, Trevor James. “Developing and sustaining the Northwest Digital Archives.” Journal of Digital
Information 9. 2 (2008).
Chapman, Joyce Celeste. “Observing Users: An Empirical Analysis of User Interaction with Online Finding Aids.” Journal
of Archival Organization 8. 1 (Jan 2010): 4-30.
Daniels , Morgan G. and Elizabeth Yakel. “Seek and You May Find: Successful Search in Online Finding Aid Systems.”
American Archivist 73.2 (Fall/Winter 2010): 535-568.
5. General Guidelines for a
Collections Guide Interface:
Keep it simple
Remove barriers
Provide help
Serve novices as well as experts
Get and stay connected
Keep making it better
6. Keep it simple
Uncluttered
Google-like search
Familiar layouts/mechanisms
Example, top navigation bar
7. Remove barriers
Finding aids can be hard to find
Link SC from library homepage
Put FA search on SC homepage
Submit FA site to Google for indexing
Link from sites like Wikipedia, ArchivesGrid
Promote FA site through library PR, on listservs, at
conferences
Finding aids can be hard to read
Expand/contract sections
Try to avoid jargon
Use consistent and intuitive structure
8. Provide help
Remember Kuhlthau: research is an emotional process
Provide consistent context
Identify repository (user probably dropped in from Google)
Table of contents, with current location highlighted
Move from general to specific
Provide summaries/previews
Think about glossaries/thesauri/suggested vocabularies
Provide guidance on archival research
Access does not usually end online!
Options to print and email finding aids
Always let them contact a human expert
9. Serve novice & advanced users
Search *and* browse
Search:
Full-text keyword *and* faceted (separate advanced search)
Search in page and highlight results (some users might not
know CTRL+F)
Stem words
Browse:
Creators and subjects
Clickable lists
10. Get and Stay Connected
Link finding aids to each other
Link finding aids, catalog records, digital
projects, website
[“Next-gen” catalog interface to search all the above]
Link to collections at other libraries/archives
12. Finding aid sites people like
Harvard
http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/advancedsearch?_collection=oasis
Yale
http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedoragsearch/rest
Columbia
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/advanced.html
Online Archive of California
http://oac.cdlib.org
Northwest Digital Archives
http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/
Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/polaread/
ECU compares well to all of these.
14. SC linked from library homepage
Search linked from SC homepage
Google has you indexed
Cat records link to FAs which link to digital collections
Uncluttered search page
Google-like search
Search tips right there
Simple, consistent top nav bar
Separate advanced (faceted) search
Separate browse, including creators and subjects
15.
16. The Guides Themselves
Sections are consistent, well-labeled, expand/contract
Tabs keep information organized, not overwhelming
Links to repository on every finding aid
Clickable Table of Contents
Search in page with highlighted hits
Consistent link to help page
Print option
17. BONUS AWESOME
Geographic browse!
What is this page!
Requesting materials!
Translations!
Intriguing:
Adding notes
Leaving feedback
18. Suggestions
FIX LINK to SC from FA home & http://www.ecu.edu/ecu/libraries.php
Homepage: Better idea of mission, more welcoming, HELP on TOP NAV
Also, links to ECU/library/SC/Digital Collections on top could be more visible
Possible to group more specific subjects under general headings so as to make
browsing by subject less daunting?
(Ex. African-American 20, Agriculture ~40)
Provide abstract as mouseover on titles? [See: Netflix, Audible]
I would suggest being able to limit search by date range and format
TOC highlight where you are in finding aid?
Option to email finding aid
Mobile app?
Link FAs to each other & collections at other SCLs
Look for new ways to promote/get the word out
20. HELP
Link to Get Help from guides goes to general help/contact page
People are finding your guides via Google, help get them from the
guides to the reading room-
Help them understand why SC is different, and make it less intimidating
Consolidate resources in one pointer page?
RBM has User’s Guide http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/spclcoll/upload/Users-Guide-
Final-2011-2012-2.pdf
NCC has libguides & video tutorials
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/ncc/ncctutorials.cfm
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/ncc/guideslist.cfm
Might want to consider general “Using Special Collections” resource
(see example next slide)
What about a suggested terms, thesaurus
22. Also, look to the patrons
Web analytics
Visitor characteristics
When they come, from where, what browsers, mobile?
Traffic
Referers, keywords, paths
Content effectiveness
Page views, bounce rates
More advanced-
Goals/conversions
23. User Studies
Who needs to be included in planning/conducting?
Types: think aloud, persona, card sort, focus group, etc.
User groups and tasks
IRB/funding/recruitment
Online Finding Aids Metrics Toolkit:
http://archivalmetrics.cms.si.umich.edu/node/6