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Item Session 3E | What’s Next? UX for Discovery Systems Beyond the Initial Launch(Texas Digital Library, 2022-05-25) Miles, ChassidyThe University of North Texas Libraries conducted user research for the redesign of the online catalog in 2020. Due to the significant changes we were able to make to the infrastructure and functionality of the interface before the initial release, we decided that regularly incorporating UX was critical for making user-centered improvements. This presentation will examine the challenges we experienced managing multiple UX projects with limited resources. I will detail the strategies we created to enhance the efficiency of our user studies and the improvements we have been able to make as a result. Finally, I will close by discussing possible next steps. This presentation is beneficial for those seeking to enhance usability and access for users of their discovery systems.Item Uncovering the Mysteries of Metadata Harvesting: Optimizing Digital Library Content for Summon Discovery Tool Access(2013-03-26) Brett, Kelsey Renee; Thompson, Santi; University of HoustonOne of the most valuable attributes of a discovery system is its ability to harvest locally owned digital materials and make them discoverable through a single search box along with the rest of the library’s collection. At the University of Houston Libraries, we sought to make local digital content more findable in our discovery system, Serials Solutions Summon. In order to do this, we had to better understand the way digital library content in CONTENTdm mapped to Summon and work within the constraints of each commercial product to achieve our desired outcome. While investigating the ways Summon harvested our digital content, we discovered that a majority our digital material was being described by a catch-all content type called “Archival Material” and the extensive efforts made by our metadata librarians and staff to describe digital items were being lost in the harvesting process. We also discovered that there was no way to limit a search to exclusively digital library materials. This motivated us to explore the details of the Summon harvesting process and develop solutions to enhance the discoverability and description of digital materials within Summon. Our poster will outline our efforts to increase the findability of digital materials, including our research of the OAI mapping process that was happening behind-the-scenes at Serials Solutions, our discussions with them about the possibilities of modifying the default mapping that was currently in place, and the strategies we developed achieve our desired outcomes. We will discuss the challenges and successes that we had throughout the process, and how we modified our local content to work well with our discovery product.