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FirstSearch Advisory Group. Verletta Kern, University of Washington Libraries. What are we doing?. Started June 2012 12 librarians, 11 libraries
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FirstSearch Advisory Group Verletta Kern, University of Washington Libraries
What are we doing? • Started June 2012 • 12 librarians, 11 libraries • Goal: “…to present a unified, consistent and contemporary search experience that fits users’ expectations for modern, simple content discovery, while maintaining the experts capabilities for staff.” (OCLC Cooperative eNews, July 2012)
How are we doing it? • One-on-one virtual usability testing • Virtual meetings • Prototype feedback • Usability testing
How does it compare to the WorldCat Local Enhancement Recommendations?
Coming Soon… • Display of the Musical Presentation Statement (254) • Full score • Miniature score • Vocal score, etc. • 7xx $t coming in April • Genre Headings coming in April
What’s next? • Usability testing with 6 music graduate students • Open beta testing late February • Open migration to new FirstSearch starts July 2013 • New and old versions of FirstSearch to run parallel for 1 year
Questions? Photo by Colin_K, available through a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Discussion Questions Photo by opensourceway, available through a Creative Commons Attribution-Share-a-like license.
Example from the OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards Medium of Musical Performance (382) ‡a Medium of performance: A term that indicates the instrumental, vocal, and/or other medium of performance. 100 1 Stravinsky, Igor, ‡d 1882-1971. 240 1 0 Symphonie de Psaumes 382 mixed voices ‡a orchestra 100 1 Beethoven, Ludwig van, ‡d 1770-1827. 240 1 0 Sonatas, ‡m piano ‡n no. 14, op. 27, no. 2, ‡r C# minor 382 piano 383 0 no. 14, ‡b op. 27, no. 2 384 C# minor
Music Publisher Number (028) Score Publisher Number Recording Publisher Number
Dream list of features from a music user’s point of view? Create a prioritized list with special attention to the top three items. Photo by Hello, I am Bruce, available through a Creative Commons Attribution-Share-a-like license.
Usability Testing Questions Photo available from University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.