Documentation1 2

Online Catalogue (+ Browser) Redesign.

Course on Interactive Media Student : Fazal Thanveer V Guide : Rupesh Vyas

THE FIELD OF STUDY

Where will the catalogue be situated and what function it will fulfill?

WHERE ?

The catalogue will be in the internet allowing access from anywhere. The use will be more concentrated in KMC, studios in the institute, hostels and other places in the institute. It will be used by members of the other collaberated libraries and institutes as well.

WHAT ?

• A device to search for documents in the data base of KMC. - books, magazines, e-books, newspapers, audio video cd’s, cd roms, etc. ie, become a very friendly usable link between the wast collection of knowledge in the KMC and us.

• A platform to share e-books and a bank for the same.

• A platform to get updates on the activities in the institute

Patron Access | Save Session | Close Session

WHAT ALREADY EXISTS? Home Patron Quick Search Search Terms:

Anywhere Books Newspapers Periodicals

Keyword

Knowledge Management Centre Heading Keyword

External Databases

About the Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) The Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) operates under the aegis of the Knowledge Management and Information Services (KM&IS) at NID, is considered as a backbone of any academic and research institute, is a new age format of a multifaceted approach to managing various human, print, digital and other resources, all in a seamlessly integrated manner. At the KMC we have all the treasured wealth of knowledge showcasing the best collection of books, periodicals and other non book resources from all corners of the world. Apart from this, the Centre has a large collection of student diploma projects, craft documentations, research and other professional project documents. The KMC has also attached to it, showcases with design prototypes and other collections.

Video

The collective strength of all resources at the KMC is aimed at giving the Centre the power to provide services under one roof with online facilities to students, faculty and researchers, institutions, corporate bodies and industry.

Document

General Rules

Audio

Cart

Search

Set Session Filters Active Filter Settings No Active Filters

Help

Quick Links Recent Additions New Books List Serial Collections Newspapers Periodicals Reference & Special Collections Maps Videos Audio Documents Top News Stories Wall Street Journal New York Times Time Magazine Rolling Stone Newsweek IRS Documents

Login to ask the library to add a book.

Browse Search Terms:

Replacing old catalogue which had a lot of disfuncAuthor tionalities, even in getting opened, a new web based Search catalogue has been installed since last year which has Database: made locating books in the KMC much easier and NID from anywhere. Even though satisfactory to an extend in just locating a document, the interface is not much There friendly. are 0 titles in your user cart.

Search History

• the hierarchy of information provided is not clear • if the search term doesn’t match exactly with entries in the data base, no results will be shown up.

• very less number of documents is shown under a particular tag due to no facility for personal tagging.

STUDY OF THE EXISTING INTERFACE

• Needs to be much simpler to avoid the clutter • has to have clear hierarchy on the basis of the importance of information .

Example- the call number and book title should be more emphasized as they are the main things one will look for.

• can use accordion menus to reduce clutter.

STUDY OF OTHER PARALLEL SERVICES.

“Contemporary cultures are saturated with displays of communication, in the form of advertisements, information graphics, site specific visual identities and images related to entertainment or decoration. If a piece of graphic communication is to be displayed in this arena, the designer needs to be aware of how it relates to competing messages, and how the problem of image saturation or information overload might be resolved in order to communicate effectively�

google books

the layout and function of some other parallel approaches in the net were studied.

Noble, lan visual research: an introduction to research methodologies in graphic design

amazon

british library

google

scribd

THE PROJECT FOCUS

What will be the specific context and function of the catalogue within the wider field of study ie, the institute and the community of students+ researchers+ teachers.

• a key to the rich collection of knowledge in the KMC • an aid to use them more effectively • a conection between person and library

online catalogue

easy access to documents- help make the search more focused.

book covers, book suggestions, tagging

e-book bank, news paper room,activity update

Easy Search • Autofill / Autocomplete

Many times most of don’t remember the exact spelling of the search term we are using. Especially when it is author name or book title. The autofill option helps you in the query by providing you with a list of probable search terms.

• Quick where, what

what basis you want to search? what kind of journal you want?

• More focused possible options with similar spelling to make sure about the correct search term.

ONE BOOK • Cover

Book covers work as images to represent the book and makes the design more lively

• Tags

Tags can be added by readers ( validity will be monitored ). Seeing the tags, readers will be able to know what the book is about and about other books which deals with similar issues as in the book he is looking at.

• Suggestions

Books which have connection to the book one has selected will be listed out. The connection can be on different basis like genre, author, subject etc.

• Reviews

Readers can read reviews by other writers and readers and also publish their own reviews.