Jonathan, Thanks a lot....now we know more... Reminds me of the Blind men and an elephant metaphor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant
Karim Boughida On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Jonathan LeBreton <lebre...@temple.edu> wrote: > Lucy Holman, Director of the U Baltimore Library, and a former colleague of > mine at UMBC, got back to me about this. Her reply puts this particular > document into context. It is an interesting reminder that not everything > you find on the web is as it seems, and it certainly is not necessarily the > final word. We gotta go buy the book! > Lucy is off-list, but asked me to post this on her behalf. > Her contact information is below, though.... > > Very interesting discussion This issue of what is right and feasible in > discovery services and how to configure it is important stuff for many of our > libraries and we should be able to build on the findings and experiences of > others rather than re-inventing the wheel locally.... (We use Summon) > > - Jonathan LeBreton > > > ------------------------ begin Lucy's explanation -------------- > > The full study and analysis are included in Chapter 14 of a new book, > Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, > Mary P. Popp and Diane Dallis (Eds). > > The project was part of a graduate Research Methods course in the University > of Baltimore's MS in Interaction Design and Information Architecture program. > Originally groups within the course conducted task-based usability tests on > EDS, Primo, Summon and Encore. Unfortunately, the test environment of Encore > led to many usability issues that we believed were more a result of the test > environment than the product itself; therefore we did not report on Encore in > the final analysis. The study (and chapter) does offers findings on the > other three discovery tools. > > There were six student groups in the course; each group studied two tools > with the same user population (undergrad, graduate and faculty) so that each > tool was compared against the other three with each user population overall. > The .pdf that you found was the final report of one of those six groups, so > it only addresses two of the four tools. The chapter is the only document > that pulls the six portions of the study together. > > I would be happy to discuss this with any of you individually if you need > more information. > > Thanks for your interest in the study. > > > Lucy Holman, DCD > Director, Langsdale Library > University of Baltimore > 1420 Maryland Avenue > Baltimore, MD 21201 > 410-837-4333 > > ------------------------- end insert -------------------- > > Jonathan LeBreton > Sr. Associate University Librarian > Temple University Libraries > Paley M138, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122 > voice: 215-204-8231 > fax: 215-204-5201 > mobile: 215-284-5070 > email: lebre...@temple.edu > email: jonat...@temple.edu > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of >> karim boughida >> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 5:09 PM >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] U of Baltimore, Final Usability Report, link >> resolvers -- >> MIA? >> >> Hi Tom, >> Top players are EDS, Primo and Summon....the only reason I see encore in the >> mix is if you have other III products which is not the case of Ubalt >> library. They >> have now worldcat? Encore vs Summon is an easy win for summon. >> >> Let's wait for Jonathan LeBreton (Thanks BTW). >> >> Karim Boughida >> >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Tom Pasley <tom.pas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Yes, I'm curious to know too! Due to database/resource matching or >> > coverage perhaps (anyone's guess). >> > >> > Tom >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:50 AM, karim boughida <kbough...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi All, >> >> Initially EDS, Primo, Summon, and Encore were considered but only >> >> Encore and Summon were tested. Do we know why? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Karim Boughida >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Jonathan Rochkind <rochk...@jhu.edu> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi helpful code4lib community, at one point there was a report online >> >> > at: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> http://student-iat.ubalt.edu/students/kerber_n/idia642/Final_Usabilit >> >> y_Report.pdf >> >> > >> >> > David Walker tells me the report at that location included findings >> >> > about SFX and/or other link resolvers. >> >> > >> >> > I'm really interested in reading it. But it's gone from that >> >> > location, >> >> and >> >> > I'm not sure if it's somewhere else (I don't have a title/author to >> >> search >> >> > for other than that URL, which is not in google cache or internet >> >> archive). >> >> > >> >> > Is anyone reading this familiar with the report? Perhaps one of the >> >> authors >> >> > is reading this, or someone reading it knows one of the authors and >> >> > can >> >> be >> >> > put me in touch? Or knows someone likely in the relevant dept at >> >> > ubalt >> >> and >> >> > can be put me in touch? Or has any other information about this >> >> > report or ways to get it? >> >> > >> >> > Thanks! >> >> > >> >> > Jonathan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Karim B Boughida >> >> kbough...@gmail.com >> >> kbough...@library.gwu.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Karim B Boughida >> kbough...@gmail.com >> kbough...@library.gwu.edu -- Karim B Boughida kbough...@gmail.com kbough...@library.gwu.edu
