There were 'field studies' at several libraries, contextual interviews based on these, interviews with library staff, and followup workshops where earlier results were used to shape questions.
Overall, one could imagine how it could be more specialized to the needs of those interested in this topic and how the various services presented could be more integrated. "The Zotero sensors should work with most library catalogs, some popular dot-coms such as Amazon, and many gated databases.
As it turns out, that's just how Jeff Bezos sees it. org does not behave like this now. The study took an ethnographic approach, using a variety of qualitiative techniques to try to build up a rich picture of library perceptions and expectations.
This section also talks about responses to sugestions about better visibility for library staff and their specialities, and about the physical library.
Users tended not to turn to librarians for support in the search phase; they are most likely to ask for assistance in the retrieval phase.
And in some cases share them. User reviews were seen as less useful than expert reviews.
It utilizes a host of web services, including many from OCLC, and will take several paths depending on what it finds at various stages.
The Flickr staging post puts the entry process closer to the user flow, as potential users may already be familiar with it, and it provides other relevent services.
He raises other interesting topics and this discussion is a part of a projected series of posts which will be well worth following. I uploaded one presentation which worked very smoothly.
The academic library community does not have non commercial alternatives in a similar way. Interestingly, the main Google search engine is not included.
In the notebook were pasted various 'provocative' statements. This is a very helpful piece of work which reviews a variety of approaches. I also wondered about the costs of open source development and support.
The Flickr staging post puts the entry process closer to the user flow, as potential users may already be familiar with it, and it provides other relevent services. They are working towards a wider range of 'research support services' of which the institutional repository may be a part, and towards a new sense of discovery in a very changed network world.
During his talk he used a key term of blogging art: flow.
They are working towards a wider range of 'research support services' of which the institutional repository may be a part, and towards a new sense of discovery in a very changed network world.