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2:04pm | Discussion of Chapter 1 of Everything is Miscellanous | All | - We can help people figure out what there options are
- For example, if a student has a class assignment and they are told to go to the library, the student doesn't actually know what they need to do
- We could have a button on the website that says "My instructor sent me"
- We could also have a list of current "trending topics" and librarians can build a list of resources or searches
- Context - how does the miscellaneous concept allow context - especially within special collections
- browsing vs. finding - how can make that as accurate as finding known items
- we can sometimes uses language analysis to guess if someone is browsing
- Favorite Quote: "We have to get away from the idea that there is one way to organize things"
- What is the future of subject headings? - The author has more of a preference for controlled vocabulary and synonyms
- with LC, they don't update their tags/headings often enough
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2:29pm | Update on Website Project - Initial Click Tracking Report and User Survey | Cynthia | Click Tracking Report - Not as much clicking on the blog posts, but some clicking on the events and on the banner
- Some clicks on the hours
- Intriguing that people come to the main webpage in order to click on the Health Sciences Website
- How do other libraries provide access to the Special Collections of the library
- There is very little activity on the blog posts and some activity on the Twitter feed/events
- We're tracking several other pages within the website to see what people are clicking on
- Its good to remember that all of these reports will be compiled and looked at on the whole instead of individually
User Survey - The strategic partners group is creating a survey that will be distributed to several different patron groups either by email, through the website or on paper
- Finalizing the questions right now
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2:49 | Update on Blacklight |
| - Blacklight Sprint #4 is underway to refine the ingest processes from Alma into Blacklight.
- Are we still working Penn?
- Yes, we are meeting with Penn next week. We aren't "working" with them directly, but we get together periodically and share information
- Penn is also presenting at ENUG 2017 - Ex Libris Northeast User Group on October 19/20 about their work with Alma and Blacklight. Tim and Emily will also be presenting on their work with the Diamond-Primo link exchanger
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2:51 | Communication Plan |
| Because of the scope and nature of these two projects, we will need to think very strategically about communication with all of our stakeholders and patron groups - Should also include recruiting for user testing
- Over the coming months, we will begin developing a comprehensive communication plan
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