Transcript Design of a Web Page for Librarians` Daily Use

Design of a Web Page for
Librarians’ Daily Use
Jiabin Wang
Engineering and Computer Science Library
University of Toronto
[email protected]
www.library.utoronto.ca/engineering-computerscience/firststopfolder/firststop.html
What Librarians Use as Home Page
Librarians usually set their own library’s web
page as the Internet browser’s home page.
However a library’s web page is designed for
library users, not librarians. It cannot fully
satisfy librarian’s needs.
Why Librarians Use Internet
 Search
the library catalogue.
 Search electronic indexes on a certain topic and
verify a specific item.
 Search union catalogues and other libraries’
catalogues.
 Search standards, technical reports, patents using
many different web sites.
 Search any general information our users need
 Use e-mail to communicate.
How Librarians Use Internet
 Librarians
need to switch among sites
frequently covering many different sites.
 Frequency of use for different sites is not
distributed evenly: some sites are heavily used
and some are used only occasionally.
 They spend lots of time on Internet and thus
many hand, finger and eye movements are
involved.
 They need to show library users how to use the
internet while using it.
Design a Web Page for Librarians:
Some Consideration
As a tool used everyday, consider ease of
use, time saving and reduction of hand,
finger and eye movements.
 Efficient use of screen space. Should not be
too crowded; scrolling should be reduced to
the minimum.
 Jobs other than searching the Internet
should be linked.
 Reduce steps.
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Layout of FirstStop
Quick Pad
Top menu
Side menu
Library’s web page