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Web Scale Discovery: The User Experience, Julia Gross, Lutie Sheridan
Web Scale Discovery: The User Experience, Julia Gross, Lutie Sheridan
Research outputs 2011
Purpose – This study aims to look at how a small group of university students used the new library web scale search discovery tool, “Summon”, and whether they encountered any difficulties pertaining to navigation, ease of use and the quality of the search results. Design/methodology/approach – Researchers conducted a series of usability studies in which students were observed as they conducted some typical library resource searches using the new discovery search platform. Findings – The paper analyses the data, describes and reports the findings of the usability tests. The study found that the new homepage design of providing a single …