Encore at JCPL

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Encore at JCPL

• Cindy Phillips
• Kathleen Halloran
• Jefferson County Public Library

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Jefferson County, Colorado

• Jefferson County
• Size 774 square miles
• Population 527,056 (2000 Census)
• Jefferson County Public Library
• 10 libraries bookmobile
• 1.2 million items
• Circulation 6.4 million

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Choosing Encore

• We chose Encore to leverage access to our catalog
  and online resources in a more user friendly and
  interactive way
• Encore is especially useful for the inexperienced
  user
• Encore is a more familiar interface for the
  younger users

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Becoming a development partner

• JCPLs experience as a development partner and
  beta site with III
• Purchase occurred while III was looking for
  partners for the second phase of the Encore
  development cycle

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Assembling our team

• Information Technology
• Web Services
• Public Services
• Online and Outreach Library
• Childrens and Adult Services
• Circulation Services
• Collections and Cataloging
• Public Information

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Testing Encore

• Technical Issues
• Functionality
• Usability
• Staff Preview

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Public Rollout of Encore

• Web positioning
• About page
• User feedback
• Survey
• Staff reports of patron comments
• Newsletter promotion

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Along the way!

• Prospector
• ResearchPro
• Customizing Facets
• Location
• Access Points
• Next Phase

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