Neuroscience
I spent the past year working with some colleagues on a redesign for our Research Database Locator. That's the database mechanism we use to maintain & deliver the Libraries' electronic resources to our end users.
You can see the existing product (we call it the ERM, for "electronic resource manager") -- it can be a bit overwhelming, even to those in the know.
And here is the redesigned Research Database Locator, now in beta.
It looks nothing like I thought it would, but early usabilty results indicate that it is wildly usable!
- More Library Instruction Or Better Database Interfaces?
My librarian friend Emily Alling recently posted a question on Facebook asking if you were the head of a reference department: which should / would get more priority, more instruction on how to use library resources, or better interfaces for those resources?...
- Usability Talk
I'm going to do a short presentation on usability for Simmons GSLIS (West) on March 24. I'll talk about good usability principles and show some examples from some recent testing I helped do at work. If you're part of the GSLIS community, I...
- User Interface & Search Screen Design, From Jasist
Finally! I'm recovered enough from teaching to start reading the journals that have piled up patiently awaiting my attention. The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology recently had a special section entitled "Perspectives...
- Beware Of Dissatisfied Consumers: They Like To Blab
Knowledge @ Wharton talks about marketing from, naturally, a business perspective, but this podcast has lots of implications for libraries, too. Some folks at Wharton conducted a "Retail Customer Dissatisfaction Study" which found that "... only 6% of...
- Ra Internship With The Center For Subtance Abuse Research!
Undergraduate Internship (unpaid, for credit) FALL SEMESTER 2012 Title: Research Assistant Duties: The intern’s primary responsibilities will be to assist in the development and maintenance of the Maryland Community Services Locator website (www.mdcsl.org)....
Neuroscience
Usability Results Very Promising!
I spent the past year working with some colleagues on a redesign for our Research Database Locator. That's the database mechanism we use to maintain & deliver the Libraries' electronic resources to our end users.
You can see the existing product (we call it the ERM, for "electronic resource manager") -- it can be a bit overwhelming, even to those in the know.
And here is the redesigned Research Database Locator, now in beta.
It looks nothing like I thought it would, but early usabilty results indicate that it is wildly usable!
- More Library Instruction Or Better Database Interfaces?
My librarian friend Emily Alling recently posted a question on Facebook asking if you were the head of a reference department: which should / would get more priority, more instruction on how to use library resources, or better interfaces for those resources?...
- Usability Talk
I'm going to do a short presentation on usability for Simmons GSLIS (West) on March 24. I'll talk about good usability principles and show some examples from some recent testing I helped do at work. If you're part of the GSLIS community, I...
- User Interface & Search Screen Design, From Jasist
Finally! I'm recovered enough from teaching to start reading the journals that have piled up patiently awaiting my attention. The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology recently had a special section entitled "Perspectives...
- Beware Of Dissatisfied Consumers: They Like To Blab
Knowledge @ Wharton talks about marketing from, naturally, a business perspective, but this podcast has lots of implications for libraries, too. Some folks at Wharton conducted a "Retail Customer Dissatisfaction Study" which found that "... only 6% of...
- Ra Internship With The Center For Subtance Abuse Research!
Undergraduate Internship (unpaid, for credit) FALL SEMESTER 2012 Title: Research Assistant Duties: The intern’s primary responsibilities will be to assist in the development and maintenance of the Maryland Community Services Locator website (www.mdcsl.org)....