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- Wants to find relevant sources, regardless of format (manuscript, print, image) across all repositories at Harvard.
- Needs easily accessible contact and policy information about each repository, including how to plan a visit and how to request materials for use in the repository’s reading room.
- Needs to be able to limit searches by broad date spans.
- Is interested in finding online resources where available.
- Wants to be able to save and sort result sets, including locations and identifiers for each resource.
- Wants to be able to annotate/tag results for her own use.
- Wants to be able to integrate results in citation management software (such as RefWorks, Zotero)
- Needs permanent links to descriptive metadata.
- Needs permanent links to online resources.
Sally Smith, 35, is a research assistant who has been working with the same author for several years and does the initial collection screening for her academic partner. (Provided by Kari S.)
- Wants to use an online collections database to search across the archives and manuscript and publications in the Archives and Special collections.
- Wants to export finding aid information
- Is frustrated that she can't export only the relevant portions from the collection description that she wants - only info from Series 5 but not the full 100pg finding aid.
- Would like to have the Box / Folder information exportable for emailing to the Reference staff for retreival.
- Is confused why searching is limited to within one collection, when limiting searches.