Do, or Do Not, Make Them Think?: A Usability Study of an Academic Library Search Box

Haggerty, Kenneth; Scott, Rachel

doi:10.1080/19322909.2019.1684223

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“…As single-search interfaces have become more popular, library and information professionals have debated the effect on users of receiving results in a variety of formats. Haggerty and Scott (2019) call it a "calculated risk" of these systems to reduce complexity at the point of searching but increase the complexity of evaluating search results, including the need to distinguish among a variety of format types. Holmes et al (2008) found that school-age children struggled to differentiate among the formats returned by their search.…”

Section: Format In Information Seekingmentioning

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Genre containers: Building a theoretical framework for studying formats in information behavior

Brannon

Buhler

Cataldo

et al. 2021

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Prior studies have shown high-level differences in people's perception and use of various information formats. However, the lack of a coherent and theoretically informed framework of elements of format has inhibited a nuanced understanding of the role that formats play in information behavior. This paper draws on theories from the field of rhetoric and composition to ground the study of information format in a social constructivist perspective that foregrounds action in context. Specifically, rhetorical genre theory is discussed in detail and the limitations of previous information behavior studies using rhetorical genre theory are explored. One of the main problems of earlier studies is confusing genres and their containers. This paper introduces and defines the concept of containers as typified ways of collecting and presenting texts of certain genres for publication. Building on rhetorical genre theory, the paper offers a theoretical exploration of the role that containers play in the formal and/or public sharing of information within discourse communities. An illustrative example of the concepts applied to data from an Institute of Museum and Library Services funded study is provided.

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Section: Format In Information Seekingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Genre containers: Building a theoretical framework for studying formats in information behavior

Brannon

Buhler

Cataldo

et al. 2021

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“…18 Haggerty and Scott evaluated the usability of an academic library search box and its specialized search features through task-based interviews with twenty participants, most of whom were students. 19 Most of the study's participants indicated a preference for a simplified search box, though some were reluctant at losing access to the specialized search tabs. At around the same time, Beisler, Bucy, and Medaille conducted a primarily task-based usability study of three streaming video databases to determine how patrons were using them.…”

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At the Click of a Button

Azadbakht

Schultz

2020

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A number of browser extension tools have emerged in the past decade aimed at helping information seekers find open versions of scholarly articles when they hit a paywall, including Open Access Button, Lazy Scholar, Kopernio, and Unpaywall. While librarians have written numerous reviews of these products, no one has yet conducted a usability study on these tools. This article details a usability study involving six undergraduate students and six faculty at a large public research university in the United States. Participants were tasked with installing each of the four tools as well as trying them out on three test articles. Both students and faculty tended to favor simple, clean design elements and straightforward functionality that enabled them to use the tools with limited instruction. Participants familiar with other browser extensions gravitated towards tools like Open Access Button, whereas those less experienced with other extensions preferred tools that load automatically, such as Unpaywall.

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Memorial design as information creation: Honoring the past through co-production of an informing aesthetic

Given

Kuys²

2022

Library & Information Science Research

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Do, or Do Not, Make Them Think?: A Usability Study of an Academic Library Search Box

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Genre containers: Building a theoretical framework for studying formats in information behavior

Genre containers: Building a theoretical framework for studying formats in information behavior

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Memorial design as information creation: Honoring the past through co-production of an informing aesthetic

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