Transcript First Search Advisory Group

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
What does it look like?
Advanced Search
Advanced Search Limits
Brief Display
Detailed Display
Staff View—Detailed Record
Articles too!
How does it compare to the WorldCat
Local Enhancement
Recommendations?
Contents Display
Performers Displayed (511)
More Performers Display
More Performers Display
Name Authority Headings
Uniform Title Display (240)
Uniform Title Browse List
Added Entries (7xx $t)
Added Entries (7xx $t)
Added Entries (7xx $t)
Genre Headings (655)
Number of Musical Instruments or
Voices (048)
Number of Musical Instruments or
Voices (048)
Productions Notes (518)
Production Notes (518)
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?
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Discussion Questions
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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
100 1 Beethoven, Ludwig van, ‡d 1770-1827.
240 1 0 Sonatas, ‡m piano ‡n no. 14, op. 27, no. 2, ‡r C# minor
383 0 no. 14, ‡b op. 27, no. 2 384 C# minor
Example from the OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards
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.
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Usability Testing Questions
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