OLE project end-user interface: issues to consider

This document is intended to provide some thinking points and direction for the OLE project in terms of the end-user (library patron) interface. The work here is based on work done developing user interface specifications for Swinburne University of Technology Library’s Request for Tender for a new library system, and is grounded in our experience of our users, and existing research on information seeking practices of lay users. This document is not intended to be a full user interface specification- indeed, it cannot be since it is not known yet what form OLE will take; however we believe it does present the most important considerations when designing not just the user interface, but what functionalities are available to end users in OLE.