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Direct linkPower, June L. – Journal of Access Services, 2012
It's been well documented in a number of articles regarding the contemporary library patron that with the rise in mobile computing and smart phone technology, patrons are looking for fast and easy service from whichever technological avenue they are using to access library services. Libraries are responding with increasing numbers of online…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Services, Users (Information), Synchronous Communication
Breeding, Marshall – Computers in Libraries, 2005
Today's world demands an expansive search environment. The universe of information resources is immense and is growing rapidly. The content needed for research and scholarship is dispersed among publishers, aggregators, repositories, library catalogs, e-print servers, and servers throughout the Web. Users do not want to jump from one interface to…
Descriptors: Internet, Libraries, Online Searching, Information Retrieval
Balas, Janet – Computers in Libraries, 2005
The last time this author wrote about open source (OS) software was in last September's 2004 issue of Computers in Libraries, which was devoted to making the most of what you have and do-it-yourself solutions. After the column appeared, she received an e-mail from David Dorman of Index Data, who believed that she had done OS products a disservice…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Software, Libraries, Computer Interfaces
Bordac, Sarah; Rainwater, Jean – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
This article presents a case study in user-centered design that explores the needs and preferences of undergraduate users. An analysis of LibQual+ and other user surveys, interviews with public service staff, and a formal American with Disabilities Act accessibility review served as the basis for planning a redesign of the Brown University…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Testing, Information Systems, Libraries
Ahmed, S. M. Zabed; McKnight, Cliff; Oppenheim, Charles – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2005
This article reports on an empirical study on novices' learning and retention with the Web-based interface to the Web of Science. The aim was to evaluate the performance of novice searchers in initially learning to use the search interface and in later use. Their performance in both sessions was measured in terms of time taken to perform tasks,…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Evaluation
Download full textRead, Tim; Hall, Hazel – 1996
Summer 1995 saw the release, with considerable media attention, of draft versions of Sun Microsystems' Java computer programming language and the HotJava browser. Java has been heralded as the latest "killer" technology in the Internet explosion. Sun Microsystems and numerous companies including Microsoft, IBM, and Netscape have agreed…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
