Characteristics

1. Provide a way to search the library catalogs

• searching should be "advanced"
  
  
• there should be ways to limit the search to particular library facilities
  
  
• there should be a way to combine search terms with Boolean operators
  
  
• there should be a standard default search (perhaps keyword?)
  
  
• searching from the search toolbar should be limited to the catalog - no need to search the Internet from the same search bar
  
  
• after searching - the list of applicable items should include a link from the call number to a call number map, so that the person can easily find the item once they get to the library
  

• Catalog (whith advace search capability)
  
  
• Archives (within UT?)
  
  
• Digitized Collection (books, maps)
  
  
• Theses and Dissertations
  
  
• Electronic Reserve
  
  
• Research by Subject

2. Research databases

• links to the most used databases
  
  
• databases by subject
  
  
• databases should have a short description readily available so that users know what can be found in the database
  
  
• notation to denote full-text resources
  

3. Journals

• searchable by subject and by title
  
  
• provide table of contents for journals
  

4. User services

• one or two-step renewing and recalling of items
  
  
• a "my bookshelf" feature that stores items that have been flagged by the user, items that have been checked out, status of recalled items
  
  
• information on library policies (checkout length, texshare card, interlibrary loan)
  

Real links

• Interlibrary loan
  
  
• Research guide (IRB regulations, procedures, forms, citation styles, etc.)
  
  
• Borrowing policies
  
  
• On line reserve system
  
  
• Useful Reference Sites
  
  
• Renew Library Materials
  
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Ideas

• My Account
  
  
• Alert service (new materials about a topic or a specific title)
  
  
• E-mail search results
  
  
• Cellphone (FYO) and palmpilot
  
  
• Research community (blackboard and chat with rooms organized by area of study)
  
  
• Change font size (for users with disabilities)

5. Provide user information about the libraries

• hours
  
  
• locations, with maps
  
  
• nearby parking areas
  
  
• nearby bus routes
  
  
• services provided
  
  
• links to the reference area

• About the library (hours, location, policy) (L,A)
  
  
• Contact info
  
  
• Computing facilities
  
  
• Library and staff directory
  
  
• Copier and printing services

6. Provide user information about how the system works

• catalog (advance search, search by special materials)
  
  
• databases
  
  
• access to the system

7. Provide user with ways to provide feedback to improve the system

• library web site organization and content
  
  
• catalog (different ways to retrieve information, results visualization)
  
  
• library materials

• Recommend a book purchase
  
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Ideas

• E-mail a suggestion