Changes to www.lib

On the homepage, in the section “Use the Library”:

1)removed Borrowing Policies
2)changed “All U.Va. Library Policies” to “Library Policies”
3)added a link for “Alumni Services”
4)changed the link order to:
* Questions? Ask a Librarian
* Library Policies
* Interlibrary Loan / LEO
* Online Tutorials
* Request a Tour
* Classes
* Faculty Services
* Continuing Education Student Services
* Alumni Services
* Request a Purchase

Coming up: combination of user education categories to new “Instruction / Tutorials / Tours” category

Update on OneSearch!

I talked to the product manager for 360 Search at Serials Solutions yesterday 10/18/07 about changes to the OneSearch interface. We should see two changes very soon to OneSearch.

The first is that the Refine Search | New Search links which are displayed in the results page will be moved. Right now they appear right above the clustering information and don’t stand out very much. The links will be moved to the center of the screen so that they aren’t confused with the clustering options. This will address users’ difficulty in not being able to easily start a new search, one of the issues uncovered during usability testing. I’ll work with my support contact at Serials Solutions to finalize the details before implementation.

The second piece of good new is that a multi column display will be available in a few months. This will help break up our one long list of subjects and databases. I did learn that Serials Solutions is supporting a subject list that displays a hierarchy. I thought that I’d wait to change our subjects from the current laundry list to a hierarchical display until we have made decisions about displaying subjects on the Databases page. I want OneSearch to follow the same subject scheme as what appears on the Databases page.

–Esther Onega

More menu tabs in ilink

New menu tabs have been added to ilink to provide one-click access to OneSearch and to Tools.

Radical Transparency postings

From our friends in Communications:

The All-New Editorial Style Guide

http://uvalibwebdev.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/the-all-new-editorial-style-guide/

Brochures and Nametags and Signs, Oh My!

http://uvalibwebdev.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/brochures-and-nametags-and-signs-oh-my/

Library Management Calendar added to staff.lib

Use the handy new Library Management Calendar to keep track of various schedules, deadlines, and conferences. Thanks go to Lynda White for this useful inventory!

ISBN search added to ilink 8/31

In response to user requests, an ISBN search has been added to the ilink Advanced Search boxes.

Print, Copy, Scan web pages changed

Note that there is now only one page linked from www.lib with general information about printing, copying, and scanners: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/scanners.html

Please contact me with additions or errors.

OneSearch now available 8/20/07

Go to it:

http://re5qy4sb7x.cs.serialssolutions.com/

Dear Everyone,

Federated searching is now available through one of our new Serials Solutions suite of products. This new search feature is called OneSearch and is available on the UVa Library Home Page as the second choice under the “Do Your Research” category. We also have an orange tab on the Database page and its related pages which will take you directly to the OneSearch page. Users can search several subject categories or several databases at one time. The results page is especially useful because it allows a user to sift through the results by more narrowly created categories (these categories are called “clusters”), go directly to the full text of the article, refine the search, sort the results in different ways, etc. Please try it out and let me if you have any questions or suggestions. Thanks.

-esther

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Esther E. Onega, On-Site Google Book Project Manager

Alderman Library, Room 505 (5th floor west wing)

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA 22903

onega@virginia.edu

434-924-1011

New & Improved Version of www.lib 8/20

Just in time for the new semester… a revised Library home page that is organized better and focuses on users’ current needs:

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/

The Value of Information Sharing

SPARC Discovery Awards: a contest for librarians!

Can you describe the Value of Information Sharing in a two-minute video?

http://www.sparkyawards.org/details.php