HAPI launches a new website

It is with great pleasure that HAPI announces the unveiling of HAPI’s new website design on Friday, July 14, 2006. A beta version of the new site has been linked from the current version during the past month. Right away users willl notice the fresh, new look and a number of new features including:· The text of the website available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese;· Boolean searching;· A Quick search box that searches the HAPI database;· New pages including FAQ, Tools for Librarians, Our Partners, and Criteria for Inclusion in HAPI; But not everything has changed! They are still at the same URL -- http://hapi.ucla.edu/. You can still build a personalized bibliography (now called the Marked List) to email, print, or download. And they'll continue to set up OpenURL linking for interested institutions. Also on the horizon is a subscriber administration feature that will allow us to manage our institutional contact and IP information and access our usage statistics. While a great deal of time and energy has gone into designing and testing the site, it's inevitable that there will be a few bumps in the road that will surface once the site goes live. HAPI will greatly appreciate our patience through the transition. HAPI's new design and functionalities are based on extensive usability testing to better understand users' needs and behaviors.