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The Public Interfaces Committee is charged with improving the usability of the library's electronic interfaces to our collections and services. This charge will apply most immediately to the maintenance, ongoing evaluation and design of the library's online catalog ("Orbis"), Databases and Article Searching (Metalib),Yale Links (SFX) and Web site (the Front Door). More generally, the membership will explore the application of new Web technologies to advance the usefulness of the library's most prominent digital gateways. As new library interfaces, products and projects are released, the charge to this Committee will expand accordingly. The committee reports to the Public Services Management Council.


Membership:

Katie Bauer, chair (2005-2007)
Nisa Bakkalbasi (2005-2007)
Todd Gilman (2006-2008)
Julie Linden (2005-2007)
Hongbin Liu, (2005-2007)
Daniel Lovins (2006-2008)
Stephen Naron (2004-2006)
Amanda Patrick (PIC intern, 2005-2006)
Estelle Paskausky Pope, ex officio
Karen Reardon, ex officio
Andy Shimp (2006-2008)
Tao Yang (2006-2008)

PIC Membership Information

Resources to the Committee
(to be contacted as needed):

Bonnie Turner, for HTML markup
Maryetta Russell, for HTML markup

Orbis Documents

Current Orbis OPAC Change Requests (Last updated 10/9/2006)
Past Orbis OPAC Change Requests (as of Spring 2006)
Orbis OPAC Statistics
Local Orbis OPAC messages
Orbis OPAC messages for patron blocks
Orbis OPAC Record display configuration file
Readings on the "next generation OPAC"

MetaLib Documents

Current MetaLib Change Requests
MetaLib Information Page
MetaLib Interface Change Requests (last updated 10/6/2006)
Deep Linking in MetaLib

WebTrends Data

Connect to WebTrends (use Internet Explorer; does not work with Firefox)
Summary WebTrends Report, June 2004
WebTrends Task Force

PIC Documents

Yale Link Accuracy Assessment (June 2006)
Articles and Database Searching Page Link Analysis (March 2006)
Non-Roman Searches in Orbis
2004 Annual Report
Front Door Clickthroughs, February 2005
Front Door Committee Usability Survey October 2001
Front Door Committee Charge
Front Door Redesign Task Force
Proposal for Updating Library Web Site Requirements and Establishing Review Process

Public Interfaces Committee Forum
"What Do Marilyn Monroe, Moses, and David Stern Have in Common? Measuring User Behavior in the Online World."
April 7, 2005

 

PIC Minutes          

2006
Jan.-Dec.
Dec. 13, 2006
Nov. 8, 2006
Oct. 25, 2006

Sept. 27, 2006
Aug. 30, 2006
April 12, 2006
Mar. 15, 2006

Feb 1, 2006
Jan. 18. 2006

 

2007
July 11, 2007
April 11, 2007
Mar. 28, 2007
Jan. 17, 2007
Jan. 31, 2007

2005
July -Dec.
Dec 21, 2005
Oct. 26, 2005

Oct. 13, 2005
Sept 21,2005
August 17, 2005
August 3, 2005

2005
Jan. -June
June 22, 2005
May 25 , 2005
May 11, 2005
April 13, 2005
Mar. 16, 2005
Mar. 2, 2005
Feb. 16, 2005
Feb. 2, 2005
Jan. 19, 2005
Jan. 5, 2005
2001-2004

Task Force on SFX Menu Redesign

June 23, 2005
May 31, 2005

Front Door Committee minutes 2001-2004

2004
July - Dec.
Dec. 8, 2004
Nov. 10, 2004
Oct. 27, 2004
Oct. 13, 2004
Sept. 29, 2004
Sept. 15, 2004
Sept. 1, 2004
Aug. 18, 2004
Aug. 4, 2004
July 21, 2004
July 7, 2004

2004
Jan. -June
June 23, 2004
June 9, 2004
May 12, 2004
April 28, 2004
April 14, 2004
Mar. 31, 2004
Mar. 17, 2004
Mar. 3, 2004
Feb. 18, 2004
Feb. 4, 2004
Jan. 21, 2004
Jan. 7, 2004

2003
Dec. 10, 2003
Nov. 12, 2003
Oct. 29, 2003
Oct. 15, 2003
Oct. 1, 2003
Sept. 17, 2003
August 20, 2003
August 6, 2003
July 23, 2003
July 8, 2003

June 25, 2003
June 11, 2003
Apr. 30, 2003
Apr. 16, 2003
Apr. 2, 2003
Feb. 19, 2003
Feb. 5, 2003
Jan. 22, 2003
2002
Dec. 11, 2002
Nov. 26, 2002
Oct. 16, 2002
Oct. 2, 2002
Sept. 18, 2002
Aug. 21, 2002
Aug. 7, 2002
July 24, 2002
June 26, 2002
June 12, 2002
May 30, 2002
May 15, 2002
May 1, 2002
April 17, 2002
April 3, 2002
March 20, 2002
March 6, 2002
Feb. 20, 2002
Jan. 9, 2002

2001
June - Dec.

Dec. 12, 2001
Nov. 28 , 2001
Nov. 14 , 2001
Oct. 31, 2001

Oct. 3, 2001
Sept. 19, 2001

Sept. 5, 2001
Aug. 22, 2001
Aug. 8, 2001
July 25, 2001
July 11, 2001
June 22, 2001

 

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