IOGENE

Two papers reporting the findings of the IOGENE project were presented at the IS&T Archiving 2010 conference, June 1-4, 2010, in Den Haag, Netherlands.

Applying User-Centered Design Principles to Redesign the Interface to the Portal to Texas History: The IOGENE Project
Kathleen Murray & Dreanna Belden; University of North Texas Libraries; Denton, Texas, USA

Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD:
Building Blocks for Successfully Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive
Kathleen Murray & Mark Phillips; University of North Texas Libraries; Denton, Texas, USA
Presentation

At the October 24, 2009 general meeting of the Dallas Genealogical Society, Kathleen Murray gave a presentation of research findings from the IOGENE project to the society’s members. She also demonstrated the new release of the Portal to Texas History, with a focus on the content and new features of interest to family history researchers.

We are pleased to announce the availability of Release 2 of the Portal to Texas History. In addition to a revised look-and-feel, Release 2 includes some exciting new features:

• Facets to limit search results by Collection, County, Decade/Year, Language, Partner, Resource Type, and Serial Title
• Ability to ‘Return to Search Results’ after investigating individual items
• RSS feed of the latest Portal content that matches your search query

We are very interested in your feedback. Please explore the Portal and take 3 minutes to complete a brief survey!

Select Brief Survey on any Portal page!