The Effect of Interface Design on Item Selection in an Online Catalog

Thomas, David Hurst

doi:10.5860/lrts.45n1.20

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“…Does this facilitate or impede user tasks? Thomas (2000) asserts that fuller displays help users identify which resources are not relevant to their information need. However, Thomas also found that users typically perceive only a couple of data fields as being important to them.…”

Section: Current Interface Design Trends: a Review Of Thementioning

confidence: 98%

“…Developments such as automatic spell-checking and word variant searching, relevance ranking of search results, and "more like this" suggestions help users find useful information. Thomas (2000) states that relevance ranking is particularly helpful for users with lower logical reasoning skills. The ability to narrow results by subject facets, and enhancements like book-cover images and reviews, helps users differentiate between similar resources and identify which resources are most interesting to them.…”

Section: Current Interface Design Trends: a Review Of Thementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Ship Has Sailed and We Aren't On It: How Catalogers Could Support User Tasks and Why We Won’t

Rose

2012

Journal of Library Metadata

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The article begins by describing the possible characteristics of a catalog interface built to leverage a future FRBR bibliographic framework and discussing the viability of a FRBR-ized catalog interface. The author then examines current trends in interface design, which leverage conventional cataloging data structures. This survey of the literature is followed by recommendations for adapting cataloging practices to enhance the efficacy of current interface designs. The author concludes by proposing that catalogers have a choice to make about the direction of functional cataloging initiatives.

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Section: Current Interface Design Trends: a Review Of Thementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Current Interface Design Trends: a Review Of Thementioning

confidence: 99%

The Ship Has Sailed and We Aren't On It: How Catalogers Could Support User Tasks and Why We Won’t

Rose

2012

Journal of Library Metadata

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“…suggestions help users find useful information. Thomas (2000) states that relevance ranking is particularly helpful for users with lower logical reasoning skills. The ability to narrow results by subject facets, and enhancements like book cover images and reviews, help users differentiate between similar resources and identify which resources are most interesting to them.…”

Section: Current Interface Design Trends: a Review Of The Recent Litementioning

confidence: 99%

The Ship Has Sailed and We Aren’t On It: How Catalogers Could Support User Tasks and Why We Won’t

Rose¹

2017

Functional Future for Bibliographic Control

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The ship has sailed and we aren't on it: how catalogers could support user tasks and why we won't. AbstractThe article begins by describing the possible characteristics of a catalog interface built to leverage a future FRBR bibliographic framework, and discussing the viability of a FRBR-ized catalog interface. The author then examines current trends in interface design, which leverage conventional cataloging data structures. This survey of the literature is followed by recommendations for adapting cataloging practices to enhance the efficacy of current interface designs. The author concludes by proposing that catalogers have a choice to make about the direction of functional cataloging initiatives.

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“…Studies that investigate user's choice of online information have mainly focused on e‐commerce activities by investigating the factors/attributes influencing the decision to click on a sponsored link (e.g., in Google search results). It appears that the choice of online catalogs' items depends, among others, on the amount of information displayed . Additionally, a novice user often selects the first link he notices and that appears relevant .…”

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How do framing strategies influence the user's choice of content on the Web?

Constantiou

Hoebel

Zicari

2011

Concurrency and Computation

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SUMMARY A Web user is exposed to a large number of information services available from different sources. Online news is offered combined with relevant service attributes such as pictures, small text, users' recommendations, etc. We previously investigated the Web user's choice of online news, focusing on the trade‐offs between reputation and other service attributes, which may explain the user's choice of an unknown source, such as a blog. In the present study, we investigate the Web user's choice of online news in a multi‐attribute context. Our findings indicate that the most important service attribute is the accompanying text, followed by the source's reputation, then the percentage of readers recommending or having read the link, and then the picture. We further explore the trade‐offs between the attributes through simulations. These findings provide useful insights to practitioners on how to use the service attributes in the framing strategies in order to increase the probability of the choice of online news. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The Effect of Interface Design on Item Selection in an Online Catalog

Cited by 10 publications

References 29 publications

The Ship Has Sailed and We Aren't On It: How Catalogers Could Support User Tasks and Why We Won’t

The Ship Has Sailed and We Aren't On It: How Catalogers Could Support User Tasks and Why We Won’t

The Ship Has Sailed and We Aren’t On It: How Catalogers Could Support User Tasks and Why We Won’t

How do framing strategies influence the user's choice of content on the Web?

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