Improving OpenURL Menus: User Testing of Revisions to SFX Menus Academic Article

abstract

• Twenty-one volunteers tested the usability of revisions to the Texas A and M University Libraries' SFX OpenURL link resolver menus, including the addition of Ex Libris' new bX recommendation service and a plug-in which pulls additional information about the journal into the menu. The volunteers also evaluated the quality and desirability of the bX recommendations and discussed their preferences for help options and full-text format. Results of the usability testing are reported along with the resultant menu changes. This study will be of interest to librarians implementing or redesigning OpenURL menus as well as those interested in the user experience. 2011 Elsevier Inc.

authors

• Ponsford, Bennett
• Sewell, Robin R
• Stephens, Jane

published proceedings

• SERIALS REVIEW

author list (cited authors)

• Ponsford, B. C., Stephens, J., & Sewell, R. R.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Ponsford, Bennett Claire||Stephens, Jane||Sewell, Robin R

publication date

• September 2011

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Serials Review  Journal

keywords

• Bx (tm) Recommendations
• Openurl Link Resolvers
• Sfx (r)
• Usability Testing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.serrev.2011.03.016

start page

• 162

end page

• 170

volume

• 37

issue

• 3