The following personas seem to group together under the category of "librarian" or "curator" – please consolidate into one or two personas with very specific stories.
Academic Library/Special Collections Personas (added by Matt).
- Gracie, Curator in Special Collections Library, 55 years old.
- When desired, wants to be able to limit search results to "her" collections.
- Wants collections data to also be discoverable through the libraries Summon search interface.
- Anne, Research Services worker in Special Collections Library, 26 years old.
- Wants a scrolling navigation bar and infinite scrolling for search results pages.
- Wants to easily sort search results by title, creator, begin date, and end date.
- Would like to easily be able to toggle search results between just collections and collections plus archival objects and digital objects.
- When scrolling through inventories would like a horizontal ribbon that carries the relevant hierarchy information (for example series, sub-series).
Academic Research Library/Special Collections/University Archives (added by Sue)
- Andrea, Public Services Reference and Instruction Librarian, subject specialist in American History and American Studies, frequent collaborator on instruction projects with Special Collections librarians
- Needs to quickly locate collections and items she knows are held in Special Collections in order to assist faculty in preparing classes
- Needs to be able to identify appropriate primary sources for graduate students
- Would like to be able to do both authorized subject and keyword searches to return collection results, rather than just narrowing down by the lists that currently appear at the left hand side of the screen
- Needs natural language options (what is an "archival object"?)
- Needs explanations for the icons that show up next to the search results in the returned results list
- Monique, Special Collections Reference and Instruction Librarian
- Regularly acquires collections in her subject area and supervises student workers processing these collections
- Needs to be able to quickly locate "her" collections
- Needs to be able to quickly identify relevant collections for instruction sessions