Here is a short video demo of the updated Classic CLICnet
This week, as promised, let’s look at the updated catalog we now call “Classic CLICnet.” It is basically the same as a regular catalog — that is to say, users follow many data leads from within the item records — but the interface and displays are updated. All the expected features are readily apparent (see below on drawbacks to the new discovery layer CLICnet) .

The CLICnet library catalog now comes in two contrasting looks. Last week, see previous post, I blogged about the first of the two. This is the brand new “discovery layer” that reveals a lot more helpful cataloging data which in the classic version tends to feel ‘buried’ in the item record.
A drawback to this discovery layers is that it is not (for now anyway) full featured like the Classic version. For example, the new CLICnet does not easily present patron data; it does not connect to Course Reserves, and it is so far not possible to save, mark and export records for bibliographies in RefWorks.
Ironically enough, since the discovery layer puts up so much unobvious stuff right in front of the searcher, to many people the displays seem quite complex, especially if searchers feel a Google like experience awaits them. There is simply no way a library catalog can unfold the way a Google search does. Given this situation, we are confident users will find that this discovery layer, with a little practice, will present a lot more of the what a catalog has to offer, much of this value-added information is far beyond what Google can discover.