More than a Map to Get the Treasure: Strategies for Easing Information Discovery in Digital Collections

Conference Year

Online Northwest 2012

Session

1

Type

Breakout Session

Presenters

• Ian Barba, Texas Tech University
• Shelley Barba, Texas Tech University
• Joy Perrin, Texas Tech University

Abstract

Our presentation is about making information gateways easier to use for patrons. We will address three aspects of making searching digital content easier for the user. We will talk about competing with the search engine model, supplementing traditional metadata schemes to make searching better, and developing effective library usability testing.

Links

• More than a Map to Get the Treasure (PowerPoint)
• More than a Map to Get the Treasure (PDF)