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Library Outages - Guerilla Test Round 1
(2008-02)
The goal for this test was first, to determine whether the link to the Library Outages page could be easily found on the Library's main page, and second, to determine whether the name "Library Outages" was an appropriate ...
VuFind - Modified Card Sorting Labels Test
(2008-12-22)
The goals for this test were to solicit suggestions from users for labeling facet categories, determine how users perceive the relative importance of facets, and determine how many narrowing terms users would like to see ...
Science Experiments: Reaching Out to Our Users
(Association of College & Research Libraries, Science & Technology Section, 2008)
As more users access library services remotely, it has become increasingly important for librarians to reach out to their user communities and promote the value of libraries. Convincing the faculty and students in the ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Askwith Library Services - Survey of Advanced Media Booking Service
(2008-05-01)
The purpose of this test was to follow up on the Guerilla Test of Advance Media Booking and assess the overall usability of the Advance Media Booking interface.