The Road to Responsive: University of Toronto Libraries’ Journey to a New Library Catalogue Interface

With the recent surge in the mobile device market and an ever expanding patron base with increasingly divergent levels of technical ability, the University of Toronto Libraries embarked on the development of a new catalogue discovery layer to fit the needs of its diverse users. The result: a mobile-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lisa Gayhart, Bilal Khalid, Gordon Belray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Code4Lib 2014-01-01
Series:Code4Lib Journal
Online Access:http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9195
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Summary:With the recent surge in the mobile device market and an ever expanding patron base with increasingly divergent levels of technical ability, the University of Toronto Libraries embarked on the development of a new catalogue discovery layer to fit the needs of its diverse users. The result: a mobile-friendly, flexible and intuitive web application that brings the full power of a faceted library catalogue to users without compromising quality or performance, employing Responsive Web Design principles.
ISSN:1940-5758