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Session A305
Findability: Information Not Location
Mike CreechWeb Content [email protected]
Ken VarnumWeb Systems Manager
University Library
University of Michigan
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Introduction/Overview
A Brief History of Our Version of Reality• The current collection of sites for the Library System
has grown with no particular plan and each one has its own design and architecture.
• The sites correspond with previous library organizational structures but really make no sense to our users or even to some staff members.
• Beyond basic information, users need to know which of the libraries holds particular materials and how to use the site of that library.
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Computers in Libraries 2008
What We Have Now
• About 33 sites served from lib.umich.edu • About 52,000 pages of content• Does not include:• Public Health library• Digital library• Scholarly publishing• Institutional repository
• Every month• Average of ~3,000,000 pages viewed• Average of ~500,000 users served
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Computers in Libraries 2008
My God, What Have We Done?
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Computers in Libraries 2008
You get the picture
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Computers in Libraries 2008
"I Can't Find Anything."
• This is how the problem was presented
• In discussions with management and staff:• Navigation to known objects difficult• Search & findability a challenge• Branding (as we’ve seen) uneven at best• Sense of place totally absent
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Phased Approach
I. A band-aidConsistent navigation and branding
II. Major surgeryReinventing the entire web presence
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Short-Term Goals
• Standard global navigation
• Extending “MLibrary” branding
• More consistency in layout• Brought content into sharper relief• Moved toward unified web site for system
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Phase I: MLibrarification
• This included most of the library sites.
• Goal: Consistent navigation and sense of place
• Out of scope defined by• Significant programming overhead• Significant complexity of pages• Volume of usage vs. size of site
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Computers in Libraries 2008
More MLibrarification
• Reviewed navigation elements each site used
• Created a global scheme to incorporate consistency
• Extended the MLibrary brand
• Preserved local autonomy over look and feel of each site’s content during the transition
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Long-Term Goals
• Engineer a more effective search solution
• Break down the silos that hold our information
• Create an ordered and consistent navigation scheme
• Provide users an opportunity to build pathways we did not see
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Phase II:Information not Location• Eliminating silos
• Fostering community
• Highlighting context
• Improving findability
• Syndicating content
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Phase II: Process
• Focus Groups
• Formal Survey
• One Question Survey
• Server Access Log and Google Analytics Analysis
• Initiate on-going conversations with MLibrary stakeholders
• Review and assess existing content
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Computers in Libraries 2008
What We've Found
• Users want importance to be obvious
• Users don’t differentiate between silos, tools and services
• Users come to the library website with a task, not necessarily a resource in mind
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Process So Far
• Generated buy-in from administration• Extended the brand across all sites• Established Advisory Groups• Approach• User Interface Design• Information Architecture• Technology• Faculty
• Communicating with library staff• Team blog• Staff newsletter
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MTagger: Down with Silos!
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Collections
• Five at present• MLibrary• Mirlyn• Digital Images• Scholarly Publishing• Other
• In development• MBooks• Link Resolver
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Getting Stuff Out
• RSS Feeds
• API• JSON• PHP• Styled HTML
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Tagging from Tag Cloud
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What Gets Tagged
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Who Does the Tagging
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Next Steps
• Select and implement a CMS
• Select an open-source search tool
• Develop the information architecture and user interface for the unified web presence
• Migrate content and applications into the CMS
• Production server live by end of year
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Questions?
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Thank YouMike Creech
Web Content [email protected]
Ken VarnumWeb Systems Manager
http://lib.umich.edu
Slides http://www.varnum.org/papers/cil2008.ppt