On June 24, the WMU Libraries’ Catalog is getting a new look, as well as some new features.
The new interface has a cleaner look, and allows users to search by title, author, etc., as with the current catalog. Users will be able to search in the new catalog version by type of material and material location more easily. A search in the new catalog will produce a list of titles as well as a hot linked list of topics, authors, languages, formats, etc. Clicking on anyone of these links narrows your search results, a very clean and organized way of finding what you need.
Also exciting is the new catalog’s emphasis on discovery, with a “More Like This” feature, and Web 2.0 features, like tagging, that allow users to add subject tags to materials in the catalog.
A beta version of the new catalog is available for use right now. We'd love to have your feed back about it now and even after the June 24 roll out. Give it a try.
Meanwhile, the familiar "classic" version of the library catalog will also be available, but after June 24 it will not be the default version of the catalog.
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