Here is a nifty word cloud our library director created. This shows the responses from a short, informal survey he did of students in the library: I am encouraged by the prominence of the word “Research.” We are more than just printers and computers, after all!
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Getting rid of jargon: a library website usability study
My library just completed our first library website usability study. We asked five undergraduates to perform 10 tasks. We kept it simple, using a video camera to capture mouse movement and think-alouds, observing the participants, and taking notes. The entire study cost under $100. We are still digesting the findings, but one thing we immediately…
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