GALILEO Upgrade Project News

August 13, 2008
Stakeholder Status Report, Summer 2008

The GALILEO Upgrade Summer 2008 status report is now available.

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Summer 2008 Stakeholder Status Report

March 20, 2008
New GALILEO User Views Launched

GALILEO is pleased to announce that four new interfaces are now in production as of March 17, 2008. There is a different interface customized for each of the GALILEO user communities: Scholar (academic), Library (public library), High-School, and Teen. The initial designs have been available for review and testing in beta since early October 2007. During that time in beta, revisions were prototyped based on the findings of usability testing, back-end development for these revisions was accomplished, and critical issues uncovered in beta testing were addressed prior to the production release. To help acquaint staff in libraries and media centers, online orientation sessions were offered monthly, in addition to announcements sent to the GALILEO e-mail list. If you are not already subscribed to the GALILEO list, please visit http://www.usg.edu/galileo/help/library/list.phtml.

The user-centered design and development of the new user views has been a major effort involving the Community Customizations Working Groups, users, the library staff of all of the libraries, and the GALILEO staff. Thank you to everyone who has contributed -- overall, the feedback has been very positive, and all deserve appreciation!

For your awareness, there are a few known issues:
* The Kids interface for elementary schools is still in development so the original Kids interface continues for now, but in a more prominent location
* Some sites have been asked to provide information on how best to link to their library catalogs
* GLRI sites will be contacted regarding any revisions needed to local database records for optimal display

While the GALILEO redesign was a collaborative effort involving library staff and users from around the state, this is a big change, and your comments will help everyone see where things might need to be tweaked. The most efficient way to communicate your comments is by using the "Contact Us" link on the top right corner of the homepage. GALILEO is capturing all issues reported and will be reviewing them as part of a change review process.

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GALILEO user views

August 8, 2007
Find Your Local Resources with Find It

We are pleased to announce that Find It (SFX) linking and A-Z list services in GALILEO can now be localized with your institution's local resources. As part of year two of the GALILEO upgrade, the process has been piloted with a number of institutions and will now become a production service. Several steps are required, including:

* Sharing information about your institution's online resources through a permanent web-based workspace for your institution
* Communicating with vendors
* Configuring the resources (GALILEO will do this based on the information you provide)
* Testing configured resources

If your institution is interested in participating in localization of SFX, or if you have questions about the process, please submit a request to GALILEO via the Contact Us link located in the top right corner of the GALILEO Homepage.

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Please see our FAQs for more information about Find It: