4/13/2011
Discovering
g scholarly
y resources
the student experience
Julia Gross & Lutie Sheridan
Edith Cowan University Library
What we wanted to know…
How easy was it to navigate on the new library
website?
How did students use Library OneSearch?
How did they approach the search topics?
What issues arose?
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Library site 2010
Library site 2011
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Methodology - usability
• 5 first year students
• Computing & Library
• Students conducted
searches
Observation study
• Screen captured
• Microphone
• Webcam
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What did we discover ?
Library site 2010
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Library site 2011
Student Portal
Library site 2010
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Student Record
Student Portal
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Library One Search
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What we found out…
How easy was it to navigate on the new library
website?
How did students use Library OneSearch?
How did they approach the search topics?
What issues arose?
Acknowledgement -Barbara Combes and her students at ECU
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Questions?
Thankyou
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