Comments on: Quick Start Search Box http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/ Just another Lib.byu.edu weblog Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:13:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom DeForest http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-2/#comment-58 Tom DeForest Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:42:02 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-58 I think that is a great idea, Tom. Thanks. I think that is a great idea, Tom. Thanks.

]]> By: Tom Wright http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Tom Wright Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:01:01 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-57 I was just using the Quick Start box and had a recommendation. As you know, Webfeat sometimes freezes up or moves very slowly when you want to “view” documents. I was wondering if, under the “what am I searching” link, you could actually make the titles live links so that, if someone is experiencing slow delivery, they could go in and enter the database directly. Just a thought. Thanks. I was just using the Quick Start box and had a recommendation. As you know, Webfeat sometimes freezes up or moves very slowly when you want to “view” documents. I was wondering if, under the “what am I searching” link, you could actually make the titles live links so that, if someone is experiencing slow delivery, they could go in and enter the database directly. Just a thought. Thanks.

]]> By: Kimball Benson http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Kimball Benson Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:55:41 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-56 Kudos to the Web Working Group! I just wanted to thank the web working group for all of their hard work in creating this new tool. While it may not be perfect in its inception, I'm glad that they didn't let an idea be killed off just because someone didn't like it. It sounds like you have done a great job of gaining feedback from everyone who wished to give it and then made the best decision for our patrons, using the authority that is yours as a committee. Please continue in developing new ideas and don't let yourselves get discouraged by negative feedback. Kudos to the Web Working Group!

I just wanted to thank the web working group for all of their hard work in creating this new tool. While it may not be perfect in its inception, I’m glad that they didn’t let an idea be killed off just because someone didn’t like it.

It sounds like you have done a great job of gaining feedback from everyone who wished to give it and then made the best decision for our patrons, using the authority that is yours as a committee. Please continue in developing new ideas and don’t let yourselves get discouraged by negative feedback.

]]> By: Bryant Cutler http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Bryant Cutler Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:52:25 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-55 Comments on "Quick"Start search: 1. A very, very common use case is that students simply want to do a library catalog search - **why not provide a library catalog search box on the home page?** this is a core function of the library (access to the library's own collections). 2. Webfeat is UNACCEPTABLY SLOW. Every search I tried (even from within the library) took more than 2 minutes (after waiting 2 minutes I'd abandon the search). Google searches take milliseconds - it's faster to use Google Scholar to find an article, and then manually search for exact title matches in several different databases (in separate tabs) then to wait for a webfeat response. Comments on “Quick”Start search:

1. A very, very common use case is that students simply want to do a library catalog search – **why not provide a library catalog search box on the home page?** this is a core function of the library (access to the library’s own collections).

2. Webfeat is UNACCEPTABLY SLOW. Every search I tried (even from within the library) took more than 2 minutes (after waiting 2 minutes I’d abandon the search). Google searches take milliseconds – it’s faster to use Google Scholar to find an article, and then manually search for exact title matches in several different databases (in separate tabs) then to wait for a webfeat response.

]]> By: Tom DeForest http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Tom DeForest Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:19:13 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-54 Todd, I'm sorry your frustrated with the site. We are working to make improvements. I'm the new web designer - started about a year ago. I'm not familiar with what the site looked like before that. What specific feature(s) do you wish you could get back from the previous website? Todd,

I’m sorry your frustrated with the site. We are working to make improvements. I’m the new web designer – started about a year ago. I’m not familiar with what the site looked like before that. What specific feature(s) do you wish you could get back from the previous website?

]]> By: Todd Remund http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Todd Remund Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:20:51 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-53 PLEASE GIVE US BACK OUR OLD LIBRARY PAGE. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! PLEASE GIVE US BACK OUR OLD LIBRARY PAGE. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!

]]> By: Todd Remund http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Todd Remund Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:18:31 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-52 I just found out that the site is even more difficult than I had previously known. I brought up the article finder and realized that it is an oxymoron. The required fields are: article title, journal title, ISSN, volume, issue, date and my favorite of all the start page. Well, I guess pretty much the message is to find the article some other way other than the article finder, since you need to know everything about the article in order find it. Thank you very much. I just found out that the site is even more difficult than I had previously known. I brought up the article finder and realized that it is an oxymoron. The required fields are: article title, journal title, ISSN, volume, issue, date and my favorite of all the start page. Well, I guess pretty much the message is to find the article some other way other than the article finder, since you need to know everything about the article in order find it. Thank you very much.

]]> By: Todd Remund http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Todd Remund Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:10:55 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-51 I hate the new library site. I get sick of trying to figure out the new sites every 6 months or so. The journal article search gets less useful everytime there is a change. Please make the website more useable rather than easier to create for the designer. I hate the new library site. I get sick of trying to figure out the new sites every 6 months or so. The journal article search gets less useful everytime there is a change. Please make the website more useable rather than easier to create for the designer.

]]> By: Mackenzie http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Mackenzie Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:07:19 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-49 It might be okay for a general search for books, but it is a distraction to people who don't know how to search for journals in the first place. it doesn't give quality search results for articles. I think that the design of the website just needs to be more clear about where a patron can search. I have people that come up to the periodicals desk and have no idea where the library catalog is, because it is under "find books". it should be a separate link. It might be okay for a general search for books, but it is a distraction to people who don’t know how to search for journals in the first place. it doesn’t give quality search results for articles. I think that the design of the website just needs to be more clear about where a patron can search. I have people that come up to the periodicals desk and have no idea where the library catalog is, because it is under “find books”. it should be a separate link.

]]> By: Lisa http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/09/20/quick-start-search-box/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Lisa Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:30 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=7#comment-50 I like quick start because it gives patrons a general search. It is good to use when you have no clue where to search. This is good for new patrons. I like quick start because it gives patrons a general search. It is good to use when you have no clue where to search. This is good for new patrons.

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