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Discovery-based Website Navigation

Discovery-based Website Navigation. By Jacquelyn Erdman Web Services Librarian East Carolina University. The Future We Want. (It should be easy right?). The Future We Want. Star Trek computer tablet. Star Trek hand held communicator.

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Discovery-based Website Navigation

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  1. Discovery-based Website Navigation By Jacquelyn Erdman Web Services Librarian East Carolina University

  2. The Future We Want (It should be easy right?)

  3. The Future We Want Star Trek computer tablet Star Trek hand held communicator http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/starstore_catalogue_star_trek_figures_toys__model_kits_collectibles_1761.html http://www.britishblogs.co.uk/search/star%20trek/

  4. The Future We Want http://blog.semantic-web.at/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/word_cloud.jpg

  5. The Future We Want http://www.wolframalpha.com/

  6. The Future We Want http://www.wolframalpha.com/

  7. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue12/cartoon/

  8. Goals of Joyner Library Website: • Help People Discover the Information they Want • Improves Access • No Manual • Helps people to make choices • Offers help (like a roving librarian) • Innovation • Meets Standards

  9. Developing a Discovery-based Website

  10. New Joyner Library Website: the trailer Trailer: http://web.lib.ecu.edu/wdt/webtour.cfm Website: Beta draft 1: http://web.lib.ecu.edu Beta draft 2: http://web.lib.ecu.edu/sandbox/web1/ and http://web.lib.ecu.edu/sandbox/web1/infoCenter/databases.cfm

  11. Navigation: main innovation • Dynamic • Facetted browsing –step closer to the Semantic Web • Learns – Most Popular • Contributions by University – Tagging • Driven by an Access Database

  12. The Back End

  13. Metadata form for Databases • Title • URL • Description • About, years covered, access issues • Online Tutorials • Subject • Tags • Limiters: • Best Bet • Discipline • Subject • Fulltext (includes icon) • Peer-reviewed (includes icon) • Photos available • New database • Trials • Cancelled database • Mobile access (includes icon)

  14. Metadata form for Library Services • Title – auto generated • Dept – auto generated • Author – auto generated • URL – auto generated • Description – (search engine optimization) • Quick Links – (subject) • Tags • Limiters: • Department • Select status (all, faculty, grad student, visitor, etc.) • Format (web page, video, etc)

  15. Issues to Consider

  16. Issues to Consider • How should tagging be utilized on library web pages? • Who should be in charge of the metadata? • Can libraries not only connect their own information but also connect to other libraries? • How can we further improve discovery-based website navigation?

  17. Contact: Jacquelyn Erdman erdmanj@ecu.edu http://media.lib.ecu.edu/designlab http://technolustandloathing.wordpress.com

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