Who’s Currently Using IDS Search?

IDS Statistics34 Million volumes with roughly 60 active

libraries (Will be closer to 40 Million by the end of the Year)

2010 IDS Statistics

• For 9/1/2010 – 12/31/2010– Borrowing Volume– 89,000+ total ILL requests

• 53,000 of these requests filled within member libraries (60%)

– Article Borrowing requests; 55% delivered to user within 24 Hours; 78% delivered within 48 hours

Why IDS Search?The IDS Search Team set out to develop a

discovery tool with the following three goals:

1.Use data from Worldcat to seach both local and IDS-wide collections simultaneously

2.Enhance resource sharing within the IDS Project3.Provide a simple and powerful user experience.

• Impact at SUNY Oswego and SUNY Buffalo State: – 68% increase at Oswego in a 1 year period (3,593 to 6,071)

– 95% increase at Buff State in a 6 mo. period (526 to 1024)

IDS Search increases resource sharing

IDS Search Interface

Worldcat Search API

OCLC Bibliographic Data

OCLC Holdings Data

IDS Search Availability Service

ILS Database

ResultFacets

RelatedSubjects

YahooSpell Check

Google BooksPreview

IDS Search Application

Item AvailabilityIn JSON or XML

Worldcat Result Set in Marcxml

z39.50Server

Open URL

ILL system

IDS Search Under the Hood

The complex family of technologies behind IDS Search provide a tool that is simple and easy to use.

IDS Search Core Functions

• Searches Worldcat Bibliographic and Holdings data

• Real time circulation status check in local library ILS system (Aleph, Voyager, Innovative)

• Link search results directly to ILL Request System via OpenURL

IDS Search User Friendly Features

• Search Scoping (My Library, IDS, Worldwide)• Citation Tools• Spell check• RSS feeds• Search limits (format, language, etc.)• Autosearch• Google Books Previews• Custom Contextual links to other seach

tools

The IDS Search interface is simple and elegant with progressive disclosure of

features at the point of need.

IDS Search promotes both local collections and resource sharing.

The “Find in” features takes searches from IDS Search into local collections, vendor databases, and web resources.

If searches do not return results, IDS Search automatically expands the search using the Autosearch

Feature.

The spell check feature lets users know they have misspelled a word and provides an easy way to search again with the correct word.

“Cite This” provides citations for major

citation styles.

Google Books Previews are linked and embedded throughout results.

• IDS Search was beta tested in 2009 by several libraries, with extensive feedback sessions from librarians and staff.

• IDS Search was tested in 2009 and 2010 by a usability team at University of Rochester.

• In 2010, researchers at SUNY Geneseo conducted usability testing using eye tracking software and eye movement miscue analysis (EMMA).

• Further eye tracking studies are planned for April 2011.

IDS Search has undergone extensive usability testing in its development process.

IDS Search usability studies are using advanced equipment and techniques.

Photographs by William Jones III

IDS Search’s default interface has been heavily tested and refined using multiple methods.

Photographs by William Jones III

Eye Tracking studies focus on important features of IDS Search such as Google

Preview.

Usability tests and user input have led to continuous interface improvements.

The IDS Search dashboard provides:

• Easy to use customization options • Simple to use statistics package on usage

and features.

Customize the appearance of the search and brand it with your logo in a matter of minutes.

The Dashboard will create custom search boxes that you can copy and paste into library webpages to promote your catalog.

Easily customize what features of IDS Search you use and how they work.

Customization Examples: Oswego

Customization Examples: Brockport

Customization Examples: TC3

Easy to run reports provide graphs and tables on how much IDS Search is used.

All user input into IDS Search is recorded and presented in an easy to understand format that can be shared with all staff.

Reports such as the hourly usage report which identifies high and low use times offer built in analysis tools.

The IDS search development team regularly incorporates feedback into the development process.

Examples include:• Custom library groups• Custom Links to other

search tools (local catalog, databases, etc.)

• Custom search limiters

What features do you need?

Minimal staff set up time or ongoing maintenance is needed for IDS Search.

• Set up IDS Search within a few hours.

• IDS Search is fully hosted with updates and maintenance by IDS Search team.

Upcoming Conferences:

SUNYLA (June 15-17 2011 at SUNY Plattsburgh)

IDS Conference (August 1-3 2011 at Albany College of Law)

Any ideas for CUNY conferences?

IDS Search Developer sessions at conferences and meetings give opportunities to set up your search.

IDS Search is reliably hosted at no cost to member libraries.

• IDS Search is hosted on a robust commercial server.

• IDS Search has received 2 million hits so far, with almost no down time.

How Do I Get Started?

1.Get Worldcat API Key2.Contact IDS Search Team3.Customize Look and Feel4.Insert IDS Search on your library

home page

Learn More about IDS Search

IDS Search Blog http://idssearch.wordpress.com/

IDS Search Sitehttp://idsproject.org/Tools/IDSSearch.aspx

IDS Search Listserv http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/idssearch-l

The IDS Search team is made up of developers, public services librarians, and administrators from across

SUNY, CUNY, and IDS.

• Mike Curtis (Manager) – SUNY Upstate Medical• Nathan Fixler – SUNY Office of Library and Information

Services• Mike Mulligan – SUNY Upstate Medical• Cyril Oberlander – SUNY Geneseo• Shannon Pritting – SUNY Oswego• Kevin Reiss – CUNY Office of Library Services• Ed Rivenburgh – IDS Project Director• Adam Traub – Rochester Institute of Technology