November 2nd, 2009 | Published in Project News
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.
October 19th, 2009 | Published in Project News
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:
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!
June 29th, 2009 | Published in Project News
From September 26, 2008 – June 16, 2009, an online survey captured both demographic data from visitors to the Portal to Texas History as well as their satisfaction with it. The objective of this data collection effort was twofold: to characterize Portal users and to establish baseline measurements for user satisfaction. The Portal to Texas History: Baseline Survey Results are now available.
Here are some highlights:
Of the 318 survey respondents, 42% identified themselves as “Genealogists/Family History Researchers”. Seventy-five percent (n =240) of respondents were 50 years of age and older, with almost half (49%) reporting their ages as 60 years and older. There were more female (n =182; 57%) than male (n =136; 43%) respondents.
In terms of overall satisfaction with the Portal, 87% of respondents indicated they were either satisfied or very satisfied. This degree of satisfaction is reflected in respondents’ ratings of the usefulness of the information they discovered, of how easy the Portal is to use, and of how likely they are to return.
The survey will be repeated following each of two planned releases of the redesigned Portal, one in the summer of 2009 and the second in the fall of 2009. Comparison of future survey results to the baseline results will be one gauge of the success of the IOGENE project.
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
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From September 26, 2008 – June 16, 2009, an online survey captured both demographic data from visitors to the Portal to Texas History as well as their satisfaction with it. The objective of this data collection effort was twofold: to characterize Portal users and to establish baseline measurements for user satisfaction. The Portal to [...]
The UNT Libraries are proud to announce the official release of the updated Portal to Texas History. In addition to redesigning the entire site, the Digital Projects Unit also restructured and migrated all of the Portal content to a new digital asset management system that was designed in house.