An AJAX interface for the LINC system

							AN AJAX INTERFACE FOR THE
LINC SYSTEM
By Jesse Prabawa Gozali
OUTLINE
 Introduction
 Related Work




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 Conception

 Evaluation

 Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
Motivation               Challenges

  Information overflow     Lack of OPAC




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 Integration of (NLP)     guidelines
  modules                 Legacy UI vs Web 2.0

 Web 2.0 + AJAX          Academic context

 Usability + User
  Experience
OUTLINE
 Introduction
 Related Work




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 Conception

 Evaluation

 Conclusion
RELATED WORK
   Lee Yan Ze Malcolm – LINC User Interface Critique and
    Re-implementation
   The Georgia Public Library – Evergreen




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       Some asynchronous communication
       Spelling suggestion module
   Medialab Solutions - Aqua Browser (e.g. NLB)
     Visual search engine; search terms as a graph of related
      keywords
     Java Applet
   Hearst M. et al – Flamenco system
       Direct searching + browsing
       Metadata and unique item visual representation
   Endeca
       Guided navigation system to refine searches
       Spelling suggestion module
   Snap.com, A9.com, Google.com
OUTLINE
 Introduction
 Related Work




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 Conception

 Evaluation

 Conclusion
METHODOLOGY
   Features
       Information bar – NLP modules




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       Overview / Preview Panes – hybrid OPAC UI
       Tabbed UI – AJAX
       AJAX Data Grid – information organization
       Related sidebar – lateral and refined searches
An AJAX interface for the LINC system -
WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06
OUTLINE
 Introduction
 Related Work




                 WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06
                 An AJAX interface for the LINC system -
 Conception

 Evaluation

 Conclusion
EVALUATION
   Test Groups
     LINC – Control Group




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     New System – With instructions
     New System – Without instructions

   User Testing
     Is the interface difficult to
      discover/understand/tolerate?
     Do the new features make any difference?
     Is training necessary? What would the learning curve
      look like?
     How foreign does the new system feel as compared to
      LINC?
   Metric-based testing in February
OUTLINE
 Introduction
 Related Work




                 WING Group Meeting 15 Dec 06
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 Conception

 Evaluation

 Conclusion
CONCLUSION




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  “We need application software to enable retrievals
  and displays such as topic maps and other cluster
  display capabilities and guided search engines,
  utilizing information we provide in bibliographic
  and authority records that augments information
  we could use from digitized object themselves.”


                   •    Barbara B. Tillett, Cataloging for the
                       Future, October 13, 2004.
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