What’s New and What’s Next?What’s New and What’s Next?

You Tell GALILEO

AgendaAgenda

• What’s New – What’s New – A tour of the new GALILEO interfaces

• What’s Next – What’s Next – Share your ideas and suggestions to inform the future of GALILEO

Three Years to Here: GALILEO Upgrade

New TechnologyNew TechnologyCommunity Community Customization Customization Working GroupsWorking Groups

Advanced Advanced CustomizationCustomization

Federated Search

Find It Link

Journal FinderPublic Libraries

SFX LRI

Resources Team Catalog Search

Usability Team

Citation Linker

Interface Team

K-12 Schools

Academic

Courseware Integration

More to come . . .

Features of the New User Views

Subject-based discovery of databases and journals

Subject-based federated search sets

Bookmarkable pages

Browsing by material type

Database spotlights with thumbnail previews

Links to local library and school information

Searches executed to library catalogs or links to library catalogs

Faster page loading

GALILEO is almost 15 years old.What will it look like at 20 years (7 years from now)? What will it look like at 30 (2025)? Will it still exist? Will there be a need?

In GALILEO, what barriers do your users encounter that keep them from getting information they are looking for?  Are these barriers unique to GALILEO or are they similar to barriers that users experience in other areas of library service? What are ways to mitigate or eliminate the barriers?

What is a specific change you would like to see in GALILEO? (Circle the interface(s) that this pertains to).

Scholar

Library

High School

Teen

One .avi is worth a thousand .txt. Although databases are evolving to include videos and animation, most of the content is still text and still graphics. What kinds of content and formats would you like to see added to GALILEO? (Examples: music, audio books, more video, interactive software, user-created content). Which of these do you think are imperative to keep GALILEO relevant in the fast-changing technology world?

What would it take for more of your users to know about and use GALILEO? Think of specific audiences, such as teens, older users, incoming freshmen, or other populations.

Think of the surfing you do on the Internet. What tools, features, and services do you use on non-library websites that may enrich your experience using GALILEO?

What question should we be asking that has not already been addressed?

Thank You!Thank You!