New Univ of California Report: UC-e-Links November 2007 Assessment Report
20 pages; PDF.

The main purpose of the study was to determine the value of various existing and potential service options for the UC-eLinks service menu. We also examined the name UC-eLinks and direct linking scenarios. (“Direct linking” is the Ex-Libris term for bypassing the SFX service menu
window and going directly to full text.) One-on-one interviews were conducted at UC Santa Cruz on November 14, 2007 and at UCLA on November 29–30, 2007. Six upper division undergraduate students were interviewed at UCSC. Ten graduate students were interviewed at UCLA, but one interviewee’s results had to be discarded because of quality issues. Each interview lasted between 35–55 minutes. The results of this round of assessment support exploring the potential for changing the service menu window to feature direct linking in a frame. The assessment also found that students were generally satisfied with the name “UC-eLinks”.

Source: University of California Libraries

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