In Spring 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of the Metropolitan Library Council (METRO) website (http://metro.org/). Student Team: Hannah Goldstein, Michelle Magnotta, Julia Robbins Download Full Report: METRO User Testing Report (PDF)
In Spring 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of the beta version of a collaboration platform created by a local start-up. Student Team: Jessica Espejel, Megan Koontz, Lauren Restivo Download Full Report: Collaboration Platform User Testing Report (PDF)
In Spring 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of MOMA’s “This Kiss to the Whole World” digital exhibit of Klimt and the Vienna Secession (http://secession.nyarc.org/). Student Team: Lauren Allshouse, Michael Beiser, Jordana Carlin, Libby Kaufer Download Full Report: Vienna Secession User Testing Report (PDF)
In Spring 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of the Center for Jewish History’s single search interface (http://search.cjh.org/). Student Team: J.D. Arden, Rachel O’Neill, Elizabeth Willse Download Full Report: Center for Jewish History User Test Report (PDF)
User Experience is Everything (and Vice Versa): Lessons for Libraries and Information Organizations from craigmmacdonald User Experience is more than just a buzzword; it is a design philosophy that puts “users” at the center and recognizes that providing them with opportunities for enjoyment is just as important (if not more) than eliminating pain and frustration…
A Rubric for Assessing the UX of Online Museum Collections: Preliminary Findings and Future Directions from craigmmacdonald The increasing popularity of the Web and the proliferation of mobile technologies have had a tremendous impact on museums. The deployment of new technology into physical museum spaces has greatly enhanced the in-person museum experience, but efforts to…
In Spring 2014, two students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted separate heuristic usability evaluations of the website for the Lloyd Sealy Library Digital Collections at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (http://dc.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/). Student #1: Jessica Espejel Student #2: Megan Koontz Download Full Reports: Espejel – Lloyd Sealy…
In Spring 2014, one student from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a heuristic usability evaluation of the Decorative Things website (http://www.decorativethings.com/). Student Leader: Jordana Carlin Download Full Report: Decorative Things Heuristic Evaluation (PDF)
What Can IA Learn from LIS? Perspectives from LIS Education from craigmmacdonald Morville & Rosenfeld’s “Information Architecture for the World Wide Web” positioned IA as an approach to web/interface design that is deeply embedded in, and strongly informed by, the LIS discipline. To re-consider of the impact of the LIS discipline on the IA profession,…
User-Centered Design and the LIS Curriculum: Reflections on the UX Program at Pratt Institute from craigmmacdonald With its emphasis on users and their experiences with technology, User Experience (UX) is an emerging area of interest for many fields. It is especially relevant to the Library and Information Sciences (LIS) communities, as libraries, museums, archives and…