pikas xtreme reference 2010 final
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Widgets for productive workflows:
Providing reference services where the work is done – in the browser
Christina K. Pikas
Xtreme ReferenceOctober 21, 2010
@cpikas #slamdxr
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Agenda
Background and basisStrategiesExamplesMarketingDiscussion
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Background
Lots of recent research reports on how scholars work online(Palmer et al, Harley et al, Proctor et al)
Other information on how people locate Recreation or hobby information Health information Job information
Information on how people socialize online
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Generalities
People like Google, but they don’t use it well
Libraries and librarians have things that will help, but users don’t know about them or how to use them
Even true library fans satisfice when looking for information To save time or money To not interrupt their work
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The Idea
Integrate library services where, when,and how they are useful
Base decisions on evidence and best guesses
Use freely available tools as much as possible
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Strategy
Know your users What are their tasks? What are their environments? Where are their pain points? What frustrates them?
Know what help you can provide and what you do well
Try something, evaluate it, and then fixor ditch it
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What can be done in the browser?
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Toolbarsand
bookmarklets
Search
Status bar
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Right clickmenus
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Example 1: The LibX Toolbar
The need Use the power of Amazon to identify interesting
books, but locate a library copy Find articles in Google, but authenticate to use
the library’s subscription
The tool Built by Virginia Tech, it’s freely available Customize it for your users and your tools http://libx.org
Also adds cues to Wikipedia and other places and hyperlinks ISBNs, ISSNs, DOIs, and PMIDs
Links to library web pages
Select which fields to search
Add additional fields
Search the catalog or Google Scholar
Drag text over this to search for that text in Google
Scholar
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Example 2: Search box searches
The need Search authoritative sources as easily as
web search engines Highlight information on the page
and search for that The tool Works easily in Internet Explorer and Firefox Premade ones from your vendors Specification is freely available
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How?
Easiest way: Use Internet Explorer’s tools to create
your own http://tinyurl.com/2jtlva
Swipe the XML for FirefoxUse the instructions from the specification
or from http://tinyurl.com/3xrbwyf Make it available as a link Make it autodiscover
Plus… if they have the context search plugin, they can then launch searches from wherever, after highlighting…
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Example 3: Bookmarklets
The need: See if something is in the library Add something to your citation manager Make note of something
The tools: Bookmarklets are javascript that sit in your
links bar They take information from what you
highlighted and submit it to a web form Like Amazon book info or citation info
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Some library-type bookmarklets
Add to Zotero, Add to Refworks, etc.Library Look UpEZ Proxy Reload
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Marketing
Browser plug-ins are still a tough sell, even when you demonstrate them
Autodetect for search will work for some people who a) use the search block, b) notice it, and c)want to search your stuff
Looking for additional solutions!
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Summary
There are lots of ways to help your user while they complete their tasks by adding to their browser
Start by figuring out what will help themUse open tools If you figure out the best way to market
these, please let me know!
Contact Information
Christina K. Pikas, BS, MLS The Information Group
The Johns Hopkins UniversityApplied Physics Laboratory
Voice 443.778.4812 (Baltimore) 240.228.4812 (Washington)
E-mail Christina.Pikas@jhuapl.edu
Blog http://scientopia.org/blogs/christinaslisrant
Resources http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Web_Browser_Extensions Aaron Tay’s blog http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/ Harley, D., Acord, S. K., Earl-Novell, S., Lawrence, S., & King, C. J. (2010).
Assessing the future landscape of scholarly communication an exploration of faculty values and needs in seven disciplines. Berkeley, CA: Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/15x7385g
Palmer, C. L., Teffeau, L. C., & Pirmann, C. M. (2009). Scholarly information practices in the online environment: themes from the literature and implications for library service development. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Programs and Research. Retrieved from http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2009-02.pdf
Proctor, R., Williams, R., & Stewart, J. (2010). If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0. London: Research Information Network. Retrieved from http://www.rin.ac.uk/system/files/attachments/web_2.0_screen.pdf
Open Search specification: http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1#OpenSearch_description_elements
Tool to create search plugins: http://www.searchplugins.net/generate.aspx# Library Lookup generator (no Polaris yet!) http://
207.22.26.166/LibraryLookupGenerator.html EZ Proxy bookmarklet generator
http://blog.philipwolstenholme.com/2010/02/log-in-to-ezproxy-one-click-ezproxy-bookmarklet-generator-library-university/
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