Enhancing Access to Library Collections Kyrille Goldbeck College

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Kyrille Goldbeck College Librarian for Natural Resources NRIC 2007

Enhancing Access to Library Collections 2006 OCLC Report: 87% of college students have visited a college library 57% of college students have visited a college library’s website

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Search engines § § Simplistic interface Can find a wide range of sources about topic in one search Library websites § § Library’s resources have complex interfaces Hard to determine where to begin

Enhancing Access to Library Collections In 2005, Joan Lippincot stated: “Libraries need to find ways to make their information access systems more approachable by students. . . ”

Enhancing Access to Library Collections What Lib. X Provides § § § • Direct Access to OPAC(s) • Integrated toolbar • Smart context menu Access to Open. URL resolver to find appropriate copy • Directly via toolbar or indirectly through Google Scholar Localization • Research companion that “hints” at library resources • Support for COin. S Drag & drop features

Enhancing Access to Library Collections How can Lib. X be used by students, researchers, librarians, or anyone looking for information?

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Toolbar feature

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Context Menu

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Accessing the article from off campus:

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Enhancing Access to Library Collections Finding a copy of a citation in a PDF document:

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Enhancing Access to Library Collections Is Lib. X effective?

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Visual Cues

Enhancing Access to Library Collections How does Lib. X help librarians with their work? Collection Development Reference

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Libraries Right click context menu

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Use ISSN/ISBN Autolinking Feature

Enhancing Access to Library Collections At reference desk, and asked: “Where can I find the article ‘Economics of wetland management’? ”

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Toolbar search for incomplete citation

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Customization Options

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Where can I get an edition for my library? http: //libx. org: 8080/editionbuilder/src/zul/

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Enhancing Access to Library Collections You can copy an existing Lib. X edition to modify

Enhancing Access to Library Collections Or build your own edition from scratch

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Enhancing Access to Library Collections Other notes: IE version currently in beta-testing hope to release very soon Plan to offer workshops and usability studies over the next year Continue to look at ways to improve Lib. X

Enhancing Access to Library Collections References: Bailey, A. , & Back, G. (2006). Lib. X – A Firefox extension for enhanced library access. Library Hi Tech, 24(2), 290 -304. Bailey, A. , & Back, G. (2007). Retrieving known items with Lib. X. Serials Librarian, Accepted for publication. De Rosa, C. , Cantrell, J. , Hawk, J. , & Wilson, A. (2006). College students' perceptions of libraries and information resources: A report to the OCLC membership. Retrieved March 23, 2007, from http: //www. oclc. org/reports/pdfs/studentperceptions. pdf Lib. X website. http: //libx. org Lippincott, J. K. (2005). Net generation students & libraries. EDUCAUSE Review, 40(2), 56 -66.

The Marketing and Instruction of New Tools for Libraries Questions? Lib. X Team: Annette Bailey Dr. Godmar Back Kyrille Goldbeck Nathan Baker Mike Doyle Robert Ellis Tilottama Gaat Tobias Wieschnowsky