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Policies Database - Guerilla Testing
(2008-06)
Four significant issues were identified related to terminology, iconography and navigation. Recommendations for changes to link labels and placement of global navigation links were made.
SFX Label & Options Menu - Guerilla Test of SFX Menu: Proposed New Design
(2006-12)
The obejectives were to test new features included in the proposed design mockups for the SFX Options Menu. The goal of testing was to assess users' preferences regarding possible new features and their placement in the window.
MTagger Cognitive Walkthrough and Heuristic Evaluation
(2008-05)
MTagger is an online social bookmarking tool using “tags” within MLibrary at the University of Michigan. The cognitive walkthrough was deployed as an
arrow evaluation of this interface’s ability to facilitate learning and ...
Guerilla Test of Library Gateway Navigation Menu
(2007-10)
The goal of this test was to determine if users understood the functionality and menu items of the global navigation menu on the Gateway. Specifically, we wanted to learn if users understood that the menu provided access ...
Main Library Gateway - Library Web Survey
(2008-01-09)
This survey, a broad overview of how our library’s users view the web site and the tools we offer, provides the Web Team with a starting point for conducting focus groups and usability studies. It was not designed to answer ...
MTagger Usability Evaluation - Comparative Evaluation
(2008-06)
Usability interns researched popular platforms that are currently providing online bookmarking and tagging services. Attention was paid to how these sites handle issues known to exist in MTagger as well as how these tools ...
Planting 2.0 seeds in the academic library community garden
(2008)
Librarians are now routinely using so-called Library 2.0 technologies in their work, not only for the purpose of enhancing internal operations but also for improving public service applications for patrons. The University ...
The Scholarly Communication Process within the University Research Corridor (Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University)
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-10-19)
The growth of open access publishing, the development of institutional repositories, and the availability of millions of digitized monographs and journals are rapidly changing scholarly communication. This case study looks ...