1. A N AJAX INTERFACE FOR THE LINC SYSTEM By Jesse Prabawa Gozali

2. O UTLINE Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

3. I NTRODUCTION Information overflow Integration of (NLP) modules Web 2.0 + AJAX Usability + User Experience An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06 MotivationChallenges Lack of OPAC guidelines Legacy UI vs Web 2.0 Academic context

4. O UTLINE Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

5. R ELATED W ORK Lee Yan Ze Malcolm – LINC User Interface Critique and Re-implementation The Georgia Public Library – Evergreen Some asynchronous communication Spelling suggestion module Medialab Solutions - Aqua Browser (e.g. NLB) Visual search engine; search terms as a graph of related keywords Java Applet Hearst M. et al – Flamenco system Direct searching + browsing Metadata and unique item visual representation Endeca Guided navigation system to refine searches Spelling suggestion module Snap.com, A9.com, Google.com An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

6. O UTLINE Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

7. M ETHODOLOGY Features Information bar – NLP modules Overview / Preview Panes – hybrid OPAC UI Tabbed UI – AJAX AJAX Data Grid – information organization Related sidebar – lateral and refined searches An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

9. O UTLINE Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

10. E VALUATION Test Groups LINC – Control Group New System – With instructions New System – Without instructions User Testing Is the interface difficult to discover/understand/tolerate? Do the new features make any difference? Is training necessary? What would the learning curve look like? How foreign does the new system feel as compared to LINC? Metric-based testing in February An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

11. O UTLINE Introduction Related Work Conception Evaluation Conclusion An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06

12. C ONCLUSION An AJAX interface for the LINC system - WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06 “We need application software to enable retrievals and displays such as topic maps and other cluster display capabilities and guided search engines, utilizing information we provide in bibliographic and authority records that augments information we could use from digitized object themselves.” Barbara B. Tillett, Cataloging for the Future, October 13, 2004.

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