Presentation by Ellysa Stern Cahoy at the Penn State Libraries Diversity Research Colloquium, April 9, 2007.

1. Interface = Instruction Reaching and Teaching a Diversity of Online Users Ellysa Stern Cahoy Information Literacy Librarian Penn State Libraries Diversity Research Colloquium April 9, 2007

2. Finding Time

3. I wish I had known that the solution for needing to teach our users how to search our catalog was to create a system that didn't need to be taught. Tennant, Roy. What I Wish I Had Known. Library Journal. November 15, 2005. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6282632.html

6. Usability Expert : Ok, so this is the search form... Librarian(s): So... is this the simple search form or the advanced search? Usability Expert : This is the search form. Singer, Ross. Polishing the Turd: The Danger of Redesigning the OPAC. May 9, 2005. http://dilettantes.blogspot.com/2005/05/polishing-turd-dangers-of-redesigning.html

8. http://www.mtv.com

9. http://www.lib.umn.edu/undergrad/

10. http://www.maryville.edu/library/Default.asp

11. http://www.lib.byu.edu/

12. http://www.ksulib.org/ac/

13. http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl

15. How Do We Get There? Involve students in interface planning Give a small, informed group the freedom to dream and develop Embrace and welcome continual change

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