1. What’s New and What’s Next? You Tell GALILEO

2. Agenda What’s New – What’s New – A tour of the new GALILEO interfaces What’s Next – Share your ideas and suggestions to inform the future of GALILEO

3. Three Years to Here: GALILEO Upgrade New Technology Community Customization Working Groups Advanced Customization Federated Search Find It Link Journal Finder Public Libraries SFX LRI Resources Team Catalog Search Usability Team Citation Linker Interface Team K-12 Schools Academic Courseware Integration More to come...

4. Features of the New User Views  Subject-based discovery of databases and journals  Subject-based federated search sets  Bookmarkable pages  Browsing by material type  Database spotlights with thumbnail previews  Links to local library and school information  Searches executed to library catalogs or links to library catalogs  Faster page loading

5. GALILEO is almost 15 years old. What will it look like at 20 years (7 years from now)? What will it look like at 30 (2025)? Will it still exist? Will there be a need?

6. In GALILEO, what barriers do your users encounter that keep them from getting information they are looking for? Are these barriers unique to GALILEO or are they similar to barriers that users experience in other areas of library service? What are ways to mitigate or eliminate the barriers?

7. What is a specific change you would like to see in GALILEO? (Circle the interface(s) that this pertains to). Scholar Library High School Teen

8. One.avi is worth a thousand.txt. Although databases are evolving to include videos and animation, most of the content is still text and still graphics. What kinds of content and formats would you like to see added to GALILEO? (Examples: music, audio books, more video, interactive software, user-created content). Which of these do you think are imperative to keep GALILEO relevant in the fast-changing technology world?

9. What would it take for more of your users to know about and use GALILEO? Think of specific audiences, such as teens, older users, incoming freshmen, or other populations.

10. Think of the surfing you do on the Internet. What tools, features, and services do you use on non-library websites that may enrich your experience using GALILEO?

11. What question should we be asking that has not already been addressed?

12. Thank You!