The verdict is in – and the winner of UBC Library’s latest iPod contest is Stephen Yoon, a fourth-year science student at UBC.
The contest, held during the fall 2009 semester, asked users to comment on a new and improved search tool that the Library is implementing. A beta version has been available on the Library’s homepage since September. Since then, we’ve invited comments from users to see how we could make the tool even better in locating materials across the Library system.
As an incentive, the Library offered an 8GB iPod Touch to the person who provided the best comments – and the lucky candidate turned out to be Stephen, who spends most of his days studying at Woodward Library.
He’s also taking some elective courses in music and arts, and he found the search tool to be highly helpful in finding resources outside of his regular discipline.
“The new website is easier to use,” he said. “It’s nice that it has different icons for audio and books. Also, when I only want the books from a certain location because I am nearby, I could simply click the location from the left sidebar,” he said.
“It’s nice that there’s an image of the cover so I could easy find the book I need. Lastly, I love the fact that I could select the books in a certain language. This new website is nice! Thank you.”
Thank you in return, Stephen – and congratulations!
The library website is the homepage for the computer in our lab. Each time I see Stephen’s library dance it brightens my day. Best picture ever!