Using a Permanent Usability Team to Advance User-Centered Design in Libraries

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/br86b458g

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Nichols, Jane Bobal, Alison McEvoy, Susan
Abstract	Usability, user studies, and evaluating user experiences have been a part of academic libraries for many years. In the last 20 years libraries have created ad hoc usability teams to do user studies. Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries started its ongoing team in 2006, resulting in an increased focus on user experience throughout the libraries. This article explores the team’s history from formation to work it took on. The merits and challenges usability teams bring to an organization are also discussed. To date the literature describes usability methods and shares findings from libraries’ usability studies but none discusses benefits a standing usability team brings to a library organization or the work it may do. Keywords: Usability, User-Centered Design
Resource Type	Article
Date Available	2009-09-16T23:17:06+00:00
Date Issued	2009
Citation	Nichols, J., Bobal, A., & McEvoy, S. (2009). Using a permanent usability team to advance user-centered design in libraries. E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, 10(2).
Journal Title	Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship
Journal Volume	10
Journal Issue/Number	2
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Libraries
Urheberrechts-Erklärung	Copyright Not Evaluated
Publisher	International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/12686