Three presenters are up. Kristin Olofsson start with quoting the three Karens on how OPACs suck. We can’t agree more with their observations. In Sweden they have attempted to build a new union catalog, which the built in various iterations.
She demonstrates the Libris catalog, which really looks very well done. Visually attractive at least. I think it will be interesting to play with that catalog a bit more.
Henrik Linstrom continues the presentation with the explanation of user centred design, which was used to arrive at a new design for the Libris catalog. The UCD is really a long iteration of design and feedback from users. With various sociological methods, such as focus groups, workshop and surveys etc, they received user feedback. Based on the various iterations they developed prototypes, and see what should be improved in the next round.
Martin Malmsten concludes the presentation in which he expands on the built in possibilities for continuous change. The iteration cycles of development and testing took only about a month each. He quotes the Agile Manifesto. Their approach gave the develpoers more fun, albeit it was at times more demanding. But at the end of the day, it is also cheaper to follow this track of development.
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