Recycling Database Records

With a central search box for all of the library’s information resources, and with the discovery system Summon as the underlying engine, Chalmers library new website was a radical break with the past at launch in February 2013. Usability and responsive design was the catchwords during development. To get a clear target it was decided at an early stage that it would be a web for undergraduate students rather than for faculty. Based on user interviews, there were three imaginary users, personas, who wished for simple and clear search systems and to find “everything” in one place. Our definition of