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Minutes - 11 December 2002Present: Hennig (minutes), Edelman, Duke, Quirion, Skuce
1. SFX discussion(with guests: Patty Durisin, Peter Cohn)
We brought everyone up to date on where we are with SFX. Our task is to work on the user interface of the menu and the SFX buttons/links. Another possibility to consider is the idea of making the "full text finder" (Open URL Generator) available to the public. Handouts were distributed that included the logons for the SFX test accounts in source databases and screen shots of how the button and menus appear at some other institutions using SFX. We discussed what the possibilities are and what ideas the Enav committee came up with already.
We also updated the group on results we saw from our recent usability test for the question that used SFX.
Tasks for next week:
- Each person should try logging on to the test accounts of the databases and see how the button or link is displayed. Make list of ideas for improving it.
- Each person should look at how the menu appears for different kinds of citations from each database. Make list of ideas for improving it. Bring these ideas to next meeting.
The next meeting will be entirely devoted to SFX.
2. Usability test results
(with guests: Pam Nicholas, Kate McNeill-Harman)
Using the list of detailed problems identified, we brainstormed possible solutions for each one. We had time to do less than half of the list, so this process will be continued at the January 2 meeting.
Detailed results will be communicated to the rest of our staff (via appropriate groups and committees and perhaps a brownbag lunch) after we finish discussing ideas for possible solutions at the next few meetings.
Next meetings
Wednesday, December 18, 2-3:30; Barker conference room (SFX discussion - whole meeting)
Thursday, January 2, 2003, 1:30-3; Barker conference room (usabiliy results)
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