Eileen Dolan, Vice President,
Wiley InterScience, today announced the launch of a new
Wiley InterScience interface.
The sophisticated new interface is the result of a
comprehensive redesign of the site's underlying information
architecture and its graphical interface. Wiley
InterScience is the online service of John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.
Ms. Dolan said "The new interface accommodates the
expanding scope of Wiley InterScience content; and delivers
a more intuitive, consistent and engaging interface to our
sophisticated user community of well over 13 million
scholars and researchers globally."
At its commercial launch in 1999, Wiley InterScience was
primarily an online journals service, but in the ensuing
five years has become much more - developing an extensive
range of content that goes beyond journals, including
everything from multi-volume Reference Works and libraries
of OnlineBooks, to Current Protocols and a suite of
chemistry databases that incorporate sophisticated
structure-search technology.
"The new interface maximizes the depth and breadth of this
content and delivers it in a highly intuitive interface that
allows users to pinpoint the information they need quickly
and efficiently," said Ms. Dolan.
"The new interface is the culmination of a great deal of
interaction with our users, customers and societal partners,
where their input was sought to ensure we delivered a tool
designed to meet their unique requirements," Ms. Dolan
continued.
As a result of feedback from customers and scholarly and
scientific society partners, the new interface provides
prominent library and society branding to ensure both groups
receive acknowledgement for the important part they play in
ensuring the service's essential content is accessible to
the wider end-user community.
Users will benefit from enhanced search and navigation
features that allow them to quickly find the information
they need in any discipline across all types of online
publications.
Ms. Dolan also said that the company spent a considerable
amount of time on tailoring personalization options for the
user. "We have developed a personal navigation bar which
means once a user has logged on, they have a quick and
persistent access to all their saved titles, articles and
searches -- ensuring they can get to the content they want
in fewer clicks. This provides a more personal experience
when you are at Wiley InterScience - an experience unique to
your own individual research requirements."
"The new interface represents our commitment to be an integral
part of the discovery process of researchers, practitioners, and
professionals," concluded Ms. Dolan.