User Scenarios
Links to Cataloguer Scenarios
User scenarios can be freestanding, or can be linked to the information captured in one or more cataloguer scenarios (Scenarios). If there is a link, please mention it.
Template
Here is a suggested template for constructing user scenarios:
As a...
[user role]
I want...
[what the user wants to do]
so that...
[why the user wants to do it]
For example:
As a...
Member of the public
I want...
to know if my local library has a copy of the latest Stephen King novel available for loan
so that...
I won't waste a trip to the library.
Scenario 1
As a student writing a paper, I want to be able to save a bibliography and download it in a citation format so that I don't have to type all of the data.
Scenario 2
(Taken from FRBR 7.1)
As a fan, I want to find all the manifestations embodying the works for which my favourite author is responsible so that I don't have to access and read through biographies and other secondary sources for a bibliography.
Scenario 3
(Taken from FRBR 7.1)
As a bibliographic scholar, I want to find all the manifestations embodying the various expressions of a given work so that I don't have to access and read through multiple bibliographies, publication catalogues, etc.
Scenario 4
(Taken from FRBR 7.1)
As a student, I want to find all the manifestations embodying works on a given subject so that I make sure I have consulted the relevant sources for my essay.
Scenario 5
(Taken from FRBR 7.1)
As a student, I want to find the manifestation with a given title and which embodies a work by a given author so that I consult the right source for my tutorial.
Scenario 6
(Taken from FRBR 7.1)
As a book purchaser, I want to find the manifestation with a given ISBN so that I obtain the hardback version required by my client.
Scenario 7
As a reader, I want to identify all the expressions of a work which has at least one expression with a given title so that I obtain the expression which is most immediately available.
Scenario 8
As a reader, I want to identify all the expressions in the French language of a work which has at least one expression with a given title so that I obtain the expression in French which is most immediately available.
Scenario 9
(Likely to require use of the RDA/ONIX Framework ontology)
As a public library user, I want to identify all the manifestations held by the library which are motion pictures so that I can watch something while waiting for the rain to stop.
Scenario 10
(Likely to require use of the RDA/ONIX Framework ontology)
As a visually-impaired library user, I want to exclude all the manifestations held by the library which are not primarily audio so that I can use the resources effectively.
Scenario 11
As a historian-researcher, I want find all works published in a certain city over a particular period of time, even though the name of the city may have changed as regimes changed so that I can analyze publishing patterns.
Scenario 12
As an avid reader of romance novels I want to find all of the books by a particular publisher of that genre so that I can see if there are any that I haven't read.
Scenario 13
As an No hablo ingles. I want Quiero libros en espaņol. so that puedo leer.