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Facilitators and note takers: Huda Khan, Astrid Usong

Post-session review: Steven Folsom

July 2022

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We wanted to understand if participants could easily navigate to and find the additional relationships we had added to the interface. We also wanted to understand which of the relationships the participants might find useful.

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Four completed all tasks without prompt
Two prompted to go back to item/explore for different tasks which they then completed successfully

Movie adaptation
Translation

One missed explore link and completed task upon clicking
Two participants noted they had initially looked at the left hand column when looking for translations instead of the right hand column where the translation was listed.
Comment: “Made me sweat less than the catalog”

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We alternated the order of the interfaces the participants tested, with three four participants starting with the prototype first and three with the catalog first. Due to technical difficulties, we had to provide the last participant screenshots of a previous version of the prototype in lieu of the functioning prototype and they then tested the production catalog like all the other participants.

These two documents outline the tasks, with one having the prototype link first(PDF) and the other (PDF) having the Cornell production catalog link first. We are also including the text of the questions and tasks below. Screenshots from the prototype and production catalog are included below for documentation. We are also including the screenshots we used with the last participant below.

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If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
Find a Dune item which is an online resource.

See other copies. Found online.
Clicked and saw “online”

Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?

Saw language on top
Scrolled to bottom
No hyperlink on language -
Did not see “explore related items”

Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.

Saw sequels pretty fast

- Looked at date, Dune messiah

Saw sequels pretty fast

Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.

Saw the date right away
Chapter house

Find a movie adaptation of Dune.

Scrolled to the bottom and then found explore related
“Here are the translations”
Found the movie

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Please go to this page.If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
- OR: Possibly see other forms of this work. Figure they’re just about the same

First First option: would request item
Would see when it was due if it were checked out

OR: Possibly see other forms of this work. Figure they’re just about the same

Find a Dune item which is an online resource.

See other forms. See “online”.

Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?

See all forms
Click on language
Seems only available in English - language option is the ones that are available.
(Didn’t find the one we do have)

Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.

Saw note that says “Note: dune messiah”
Would have to look it up . Typed in keywords “dune messiah”. Lead to this one.

Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.

Would have to figure out the sequels in general
No way to know if sequel listed is the first
A: If trying to figure out first and last sequel, where would you look for that
Look for year - look at publications
Would have to look up dune in general and possibly see what comes up
Not sure what I would do
See published years: 1965, etc.
Not sure how they are connected besides the year
(Didn’t find the one we do have)

Find a movie adaptation of Dune.

Go to see all forms
Format: book
Then would lookup search “dune” (keyword search): and popup search result
Search again until find video

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Which of these tasks do you currently do when researching or looking for resources? Which of these tasks would you not do? Would you please explain why?

Don’t do a lot of these necessarily
Wouldn’t look for online b/c look for physical book
Never had to find a translation
Never looked up sequels or movie adaptation
Really the only one I do is check for availability of items

Would any of these features be useful to you in how you search or do research?

Online resource is pretty useful

- If book isn’t available, option is possible

Translation

- If taking a French class, and if need to read a book, helpful if can find book in French

Online resource is pretty useful
Translation

Prototype: Like the sequels - listed in order - useful

Do you have any suggestions or feedback about any of the features you saw?
Production: Do like the facets on other forms, but would expect more different features
- Think good there are adaptations, translations
- Everything in one place
- But maybe facets/sidebar would have been useful
- Items about “Dune” - like that

Production: Do like the facets on other forms, but would expect more different features
Prototype: Like the sequels - listed in order - useful

A: What kind of materials do you usually use at the libraryA: What kind of materials do you usually use at the library?

Reading for pleasure. Lookup the book.

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Please go to this page.If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.

If not available, would hit request item

Find a Dune item which is an online resource.

Would look at visual browse
Or select all forms of this work
Clicked it and found the first one is online

Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?

Would look at see all forms of this work again
Never thought about finding other languages
But has easy selection choice under language facet but only English
Not sure how to search for translation
Selected English facet . Curious to see what would happen.

Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
- Then author

Clicked on “other forms of this work” again
Clicked on item
“First edition?” No, first sequel
Started looking at related items by call number
Then came back to all forms.

Then author

- Clicked “at the library”
Not sure where I would go next

Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
- Prompted to get rid of Work facet
- Looked at year, thought it was last
- But not the right author
- Trying to look through for what choices are. Not choice

Typing in frank herbert in search using author option in search tupe
Problem: Kept it in the other forms page which only showed the four items

Prompted to get rid of Work facet

“Sandworms of Dune”? That’s the wrong person

Looked at year, thought it was last
But not the right author
Trying to look through for what choices are. Not choice

Find a Find a movie adaptation of Dune.

See all forms of this work
Checked under format - but if just book
If starting fresh, probably type in dune and movie

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If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.

(Actually searched WorldCat in search bar) Use WorldCat a lot. Books search have less reproduction capabilities.
Keyword search
Then limit by publication year
“Other copies” is here: Can see on campus have four other options

Find a Dune item which is an online resource.

Easy to find

Open item and take a look

Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
Don’t see any information about translations
Can’t see which copy is translation
- Could do a search with language as keyword search: Dune and language
- - Found video in French and Spanish (using the snippet info)
  - Then clicked the language facet for Thai
- - Normally see the browse related items by call number
  - Often use the visual shelf browse
- - Wasn’t sure at first if right, then clicked on the item
- Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
- Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
- Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
- Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
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- Please go to this page.If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
- Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
- - Was looking at formats for online
- Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
- Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
- Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
- Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
  - Went back to search Dune (all fields)
  - Clicked video format
  - - Not sure if video is the same as movie. But that is the only choice
    - Look at author?
    - (Sometimes patrons ask for very specific title)
  Tend to use databases more than books, so maybe other participants would use other options. Never searched for sequel.
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  - Which of these tasks do you currently do when researching or looking for resources? Which of these tasks would you not do? Would you please explain why?
    - Less sequel
    - Know what year they are looking for
    - Or use database
    - Or looking for rare items
    - Might be different
  - Would any of these features be useful to you in how you search or do research?
  - Would any of these features be useful to you in how you search or do research?
    - Probably use the same language - consistent with the catalog
  - Do you have any suggestions or feedback about any of the features you saw?
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  - Please go to this page.If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
  - Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
  - Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
  - Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
  - Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
    - Lot of Dune related books
    - Can I google for it? “The title of the Dune book”
  - Find a movie adaptation of Dune
  - Can I google for it? “The title of the Dune book”
  - Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
  - Search dune in keyword
  - .
    - First
  - - one is video from 2022
    - Know that is the year
    - It is available in Uris
  Prototype
  You have searched for the book “Dune” in the library catalog. You are viewing the page for one of the search results at http://dev-hjk54.library.cornell.edu/catalog/575725. Please go to this page.
  - If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
  - Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
  - Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
    - Click “explore all related items”
    - Click on translation from the top bar
    - Saw the translation
    - - Took a little while to see translation because automatically looked on the left first, so then took a minute to see translation column
    - Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
    - Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
    - Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
      - Then saw adaptations right away
    Didn’t see sequels at first on the explore item page, because had to scroll a bit.
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    - Which of these tasks do you currently do when researching or looking for resources? Which of these tasks would you not do? Would you please explain why?
      - Looking for a text
      - Other books on same topic by same author
      - Collection
    - Would any of these features be useful to you in how you search or do research?
    - Do you have any suggestions or feedback about any of the features you saw?
      - Knowing to check the right
      - Maybe looks a little busy
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    Session Five
    Grad student, public health
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    - If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
      - Different editions
    - Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
    - Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
    - Scrolled down and found the related items link
    - - “Can I use the search bar?”
      - Clicked on Dune imaginary place as subject
      - Prompted to go back to the explore items
    - Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
    - Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
    - Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
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    - Please go to this page.If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
      - If didn’t know request item link present, would be like oh don’t have it
    - Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
    - Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
      - Went to library locations - to see if other libraries have it outside the Cornell system
    - Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
    - Saw the notes section
    - Went to all forms of this work
    - Liked the prototype showed the sequels
    - - Would like to see a full list
      - Did list view of call number browse
      - More materials related to it
      - In terms of finding sequel not really sure
    - Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
    - - Could go to his name to search- but maybe not all the ones associated
    - Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
      - Should be here under format
      - Did not find movie (!)
    Follow up questions
    - Which of these tasks do you currently do when researching or looking for resources? Which of these tasks would you not do? Would you please explain why?
    - Would type keyword search - would go to advanced search
    - - Checking for other options
      - Online resource
      - Adaptations: other formats
      - Translations
      - sequels
    - Would any of these features be useful to you in how you search or do research?
    - Yes, all of them
    - - Already gives me a view of other copies
    - And sequels
    - Useful and not messy or crowded
    - - A: Straightforward
      - Clicking on it will take to all related items
      - Translations, etc.
      - Maybe the word “all” is not necessary
      - Self-explanatory
    - - The arrows in the nav bar - maybe useful to people who are not tech savvy and may not know that clicking on that would go down
    - Do you have any suggestions or feedback about any of the features you saw?
      - Putting in buttons at the top
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    You have searched for the book “Dune” in the library catalog. You are viewing the page for one of the search results at https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/575725 .
    - Please go to this page.If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
    - “Has to be checkout?”
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    - - Newer version? 1982
      - Available at Olin
      - (Going directly from the other forms)
      - Online available on OverDrive - would pick that one
      - If hypothetically checked out, would get one from 1982 or the newer version which is also available
    - Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
    - Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
    - Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
      - Keyword search “dune sequel”
      - Not sure if writing “sequel” will work out
      - Changed it to “Dune” in general
      - Change other details
        Format: book
        Author facet: looked for frank herbert - not listed
        Did search for Author: “dune frank herbert”
        17 results
        This may be a sequel but not re
        “Road to dune”
        Table of contents - read that
        “Behind the scenes”
        Tried to make book cover image to see if it says something
        This may be a sequel but not re
        “Road to dune”
        Not sure how to look for sequel without knowing name
        Keyword search “dune sequel”
        Changed it to “Dune” in general
        Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
        The titles are confusing
        Looked at Notes section
        Here it is! “Sequel to Dune”
        Road to dune is most recent but doesn’t say sequel
        Using same search results as before
        Looking for items with “Dune” in the title and filtering by Author “Herbert, Frank”
        Then trying to look at dates of items to see which is sequel
        The titles are confusing
        Also showing items from both herbert, frank and herbert, brain and that is also confusing
        Saw Dune Messiah
        Looked at Notes section
        Here it is! “Sequel to Dune”
        Dune Messiah
        Then looked at dates
        Road to dune is most recent but doesn’t say sequel
        Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
        Start over with “Dune”
        Movie is first result
        Also want to filter by video as well as opening in another tab
        Start over with “Dune”
        Movie is first result
        
        Prototype
        You have searched for the book “Dune” in the library catalog. You are viewing the page for one of the search results at http://dev-hjk54.library.cornell.edu/catalog/575725. Please go to this page.
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        If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
        Physical
        Just go to other copies
        Open up the 1982 one - will be one option from Olin
        Clicked on second copy
        Third: checked out
        Physical
        Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
        Super easy
        This one has the little thing that says online which is very obvious
        Available on OverDrive
        Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
        Says ‘Thai” here. Don’t even have to click to open the items
        Saw the link
        Because it says “all related items” - may click that before looking it for
        There it is! Says translations
        Says ‘Thai” here. Don’t even have to click to open the items
        Or could also go back to item page
        Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
        On explore page:
        Looks like five b/c nothing else
        Guessing Dune Messiah - looking at the date
        On explore page:
        Or could also go back to item page
        Dune Messiah - looking at the date
        Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
        Most recent being: 1985
        Doesn’t say sequel when you click on the item
        Trust these are the titles, don’t have to guess just by date
        Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
        If not there, then would do a search myself
        Easy to see it in adaptations on explore page
        If on item page, before going to recheck here, would just click on explore link
        If not there, then would do a search myself
        
        Follow up questions
        Which of these tasks do you currently do when researching or looking for resources? Which of these tasks would you not do? Would you please explain why?
        For personal research, would look for different versions of the books
        Looking for a textbook
        Multiple versions
        Would get the most recent version usually because most up to date
        Nice to see which ones are there to see what is available
        Never looked for translations in catalog - haven’t had the need to do so
        Native language is Spanish. Cool to know you can look for translations
        Movie adaptations
        I only looked for a movie once years ago
        Wouldn’t do that day to day
        But also work in library - very useful to see all the info summarized in a single page
        If people come over and say I’m looking for this book
        For personal research, would look for different versions of the books
        Never looked for translations in catalog - haven’t had the need to do so
        Movie adaptations
        I’m looking for this book
        Would any of these features be useful to you in how you search or do research?
        But can see improvement
        Can see useful for people whose research is based on books
        Yes, the second page was super clear
        My research does not make me look for books (yes papers, not books)
        But can see improvement
        Can see useful for people whose research is based on books
        Every now and then look for books so can see useful
        Do you have any suggestions or feedback about any of the features you saw?
        Q: Explore all related items
        Access all? Not sure how to say it. Will see every single format
        “Related items”: books are closely related but not necessarily sequels, maybe things from same area or author, but different story
        Could be a little clearer
        Different versions - everything
        Anything to add or take away from explore
        That’s fine
        Pretty clear
        Q: Explore all related items
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        You have searched for the book “Dune” in the library catalog. You are viewing the page for one of the search results at http://dev-hjk54.library.cornell.edu/catalog/575725. Please go to this page.
        Other copies
        If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
        Request item
        Vet lib taken
        Last one online rescue (that screenshot does not have “online”)
        Request item
        Other copies
        Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
        Last one but not sure (slightly older screenshot)
        Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
        Thought it would be sequels
        Some word of Dune
        There is the thai translation
        Reading other copies
        Looking at captions and it says English/english
        Not on item page
        Would have to click on something else
        Book says English language - doesn’t look like it’s clickable
        Wonder if would have to search catalog that says “Thai”
        Did see “view all related items”
        Thought it would be sequels
        Some word of Dune
        related items”
        Had to be prompted
        There is the thai translation
        Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
        Went back to item page
        Looking at dates under the sequels column
        Assume it would go in order
        Went back to item page
        First one would be Dune Messiah in 1969
        Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
        5: Chapterhouse 1985
        Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
        Went back to work page
        Found the adaptation page
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        Please go to this page.If this particular item is checked out in the library, find other options for checking out Dune items.
        Request item
        Other forms of this
        Olin etc.
        Wonder if could also do borrow direct or ILL
        One says online and would click on that
        Would then go to overdrive link
        “At the library”?
        Q: in the box or in the forms of this work page
        A: yes
        Olin etc.
        Wonder if could also do borrow direct or ILL
        Request item
        Other forms of this
        Find a Dune item which is an online resource.
        Found under other forms
        Find a Thai translation of Dune. Is this translation available to check out?
        Click see all forms of this work
        Clicked language on the side - only one that came up was English
        Only four options
        Can’t really find it here
        Other thought would be to go Frank Herbert’s “page”
        Find the first Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
        Saw note: Sequel Dune Messiah
        Clicked on search link
        But obviously wouldn’t be in order
        Easier to search Google what first sequel would be
        Saw note: Sequel Dune Messiah
        Other thought would be to go Frank Herbert’s “page”
        what first sequel would be
        Don’t think it’s in other forms
        Maybe sort by year ascending under author list
        Find the last Dune sequel by Frank Herbert.
        Went to the last page from Frank Herbert
        “Wrote a lot of books”
        “Sandworms of Dune”
        Don’t think it was the last one in the prototype
        Has the word Dune in it and most recent book that has Dune
        Went to the last page from Frank Herbert
        “Wrote a lot of books”
        “Sandworms of Dune”
        Find a movie adaptation of Dune.
        See all forms
        Look under format
        Only book
        Under item page
        Did command f and looked for movie
        Typed in dune
        Movie is first result
        See all forms
        Look under format
        Only book
        Under item page
        
        Follow up questions
        Which of these tasks do you currently do when researching or looking for resources? Which of these tasks would you not do? Would you please explain why?why?
        If taking language class, book would already be in title of language, or English title
        Other options
        Look up is it an online resource (limited textbooks or library is closed)
        Have not looked up translation, movie, sequel
        Haven’t needed to look up translation - all schooling is English
        If taking language class, book would already be in title of language, or English title
        Sequels: haven’t had to look up sequels - no time to read pleasure books.
        Movie: No time to watch movies
        Would any of these features be useful to you in how you search or do research?
        Not sequel - second or third edition of a textbook
        Have done
        Usually aware there is a different edition and will be looking up that specific edition
        If pleasure book, good to know what the sequel
        Not a lot of time to be reading
        Not sequel - second or third edition of a textbook
        Personally: translation, unless read in Spanish or English, then useful
        Not a lot of time to be reading
        Movie: not useful to me - a lot more advertising around movies -
        Do you have any suggestions or feedback about any of the features you saw?
        If you could go on the book item
        Clicking language -
        “See other translations”
        Being able to access book for borrow direct or ILL
        From other forms
        Didn’t realize had to X out the work
        Maybe popup that says if you want to see something else, X out
        Looking for online chat
        Used once a long time ago
        Could chat be on the bottom right like a lot of sites
        Top right is hard to see
        If you could go on the book item
        From other forms
        Looking for online chat
        
        Explore all related items
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