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VALA2014 Session 4 Murdoch
Journey into the user experience: creating a library website that’s not for librariansVALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: User Discovery and Experiences Craig Murdoch and Shari HearneAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala14 and #s12 |  |
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Abstract
Auckland University of Technology Library started work on a major redevelopment of its website in 2012. The problem was that the website content, as is the case for many library websites, had been written by librarians with almost no user input. The challenge was to redesign the website, rethinking our entire focus and placing the user at the centre of the process. This is the story of a journey of transformational change based on our user-centric approach. We believe we have achieved what we set out to do and created a website that’s built not for librarians but for users.
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VALA2000 Session 1 Kurzeme
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2000-proceedings/vala2000-session-1-kurzeme
Our virtual clients: changing to meet the challengeVALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Hybrid Libraries Indra KurzemeManager, Experimedia, State Library of Victoria Catherine HermanWeb Coordinator, State Library of Victoria |   |
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VALA2000 Session 1 Kurzeme Paper 45.03 KB
Abstract
In 1998/99 the State Library of Victoria conducted a usability evaluation of the Library’s Web site. This paper examines the evaluation process and the consequent recommendations and implementation. Issues to be addressed include:
- the evaluation process
- the recommendations from the evaluation report
- the development and project management of a web strategy
- the role of State Library staff in the production of online content
- the relationships between our online and onsite users
- the re-engineering of the navigational infrastructure, and
- proposals for e-commerce, specialist channels, visitors’ centre, visitor registration and Victorian Certificate of Education targeted material.
VALA2010 Session 16 Clancy
Usability testing: a client-centred approach to innovation
VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 16 – Usability/Portability
Thursday 11 February 2010 14:20 – 14:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-16-clancy
Kat ClancyLibrary Web Developer, Deakin University Michelle WatsonWeb Cataloguing Librarian, Deakin University Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #VALA2010 |
VALA2010 Session 16 Clancy Paper 236.27 KB
VALA2010 Session 16 Clancy Podcast 11.67 MB
Abstract
Systematic usability testing of the library website was unheard of at Deakin University Library three years ago. However, over the last two years, a large scale usability testing program has evolved and various methodologies have been trialled and tested by the team. This paper discusses the methodologies used by the team, and the changes that were made to the Library’s search interfaces as a result of the studies. The paper provides useful insights on what we did right, and on what we need to do differently in future usability studies.
VALA2008 Plenary 5 Wroblewski
Designing for today’s Web
VALA 2008 PLENARY 5: Luke Wroblewski
Thursday 7 February 2008 09:00 – 10:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-plenary-5-wroblewski
Luke Wroblewski
Senior Principal of Product Ideation & Design, Yahoo! Inc. and Principal of LukeW Interface Designs, USA, http://www.lukew.com and http://www.yahoo.com
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Abstract
In this presentation, Luke will dissect several important trends on the Web and their impact on the design of Web-based services and products. In particular: the trend from locomotion to manipulation and conversation (how to deal with crowded shelf space and purely digital services); the trend from sites to content experiences (how do we design when search, content aggregators, and display surfaces rule the Web); the trend from page-level interactions to micro-interactions (how can we explain available actions and their state); the move from only webmasters making content to everyone making content (what does this do to creative control). Addressing these trends is at the core of designing for today’s Web.
VALA2006 Session 6 Alexander
Usability versus accessibility: best friends or worst enemies?
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Usability
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 15:10 – 15:40
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-6-alexander
Dey Alexander
Usability Specialist, Monash University
http://its.monash.edu.au
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VALA2006 Session 6 Alexander Paper 53.48 KB
VALA2006 Session 6 Alexander Podcast 10 MB
Abstract
This paper discusses the relationship between usability and accessibility in web design which is thought by some to involve contradictory design requirements. It examines the relationship between the two design fields by comparing and contrasting definitions of each along with the techniques and methods used by their practitioners. It considers two commonly-expressed views of the relationship, concluding that both are misleading. The paper defends the view that usability and accessibility are complementary design philosophies and recommends that practitioners in each field embrace the methods and techniques of the other.
VALA2006 Session 6 Foott
A usability study of the library catalogue at Monash University Library
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Usability
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-6-foott
Stephanie Foott
Web Manager, Monash University Library
http://lib.monash.edu.au
Simon Huggard
Systems Manager, Monash University Library
http://lib.monash.edu.au
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VALA2006 Session 6 Foott Paper 495.63 KB
VALA2006 Session 6 Foott Podcast 10 MB
Abstract
During 2004, Monash University Library undertook a usability study of its library catalogue. A number of things were tested including terminology, search behaviour, search types, users’ ability to deal with mixed results, preferred interface and layout, including selection and formatting of records, as well as tasks to do with lending and requesting of items. Methodology and outcomes are discussed in the paper, as well as information relating to programs and documents used in the study.
VALA2006 Session 6 Lodge
What can librarians learn from the Internet’s 10 most popular sites?
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Usability
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-6-lodge
Damian Lodge
Associate Director – Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University
http://www.csu.edu.au
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VALA2006 Session 6 Lodge Paper 391.03 KB
VALA2006 Session 6 Lodge Podcast 8 MB
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This paper discusses results from research undertaken during 2005 which examined the Internet’s ten most popular websites and the functions and features of these websites that can be applied to library web pages. Qualitative interviews were undertaken with library web developers to provide an understanding of some of the issues affecting the library web pages that are being designed and built today. The research results provide valuable information from popular and library websites that can be used to improve the design, functionality, use of technology, content, feedback and planning of our next generation of websites.
VALA2006 Plenary 2 Payette
Choosing technology that can evolve with user needs: a service-oriented approach to e-research, e-scholarship and advanced scholarly publication
VALA 2008 PLENARY 2: Sandy Payette
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 16:10 – 17:25
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-plenary-2-payette
Sandy Payette
Researcher and Co-Director of the Fedora Project, Cornell Information Science, Cornell University, USA
http://www.infosci.cornell.edu and http://www.cs.cornell.edu/payette
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VALA2006 Plenary 2 Payette Paper 59.58 KB
VALA2006 Plenary 2 Payette Podcast 20 MB
Abstract
Emerging trends in the processes of scholarly research and scholarly communication present significant challenges to libraries and other information-oriented institutions in terms of choosing technologies that best position for the future. The challenge of “connecting with users” has typically been associated with the most visible layer of an information system: the user interface itself. At the same time, it is essential that we understand how the choice of technologies that lie beneath this visible layer will reverberate throughout a system, ultimately enabling or disabling users in their creation, manipulation, and use of information resources. This is especially true over time as user needs change, and information must be re-used and repurposed for new or evolving contexts. The significance of service-oriented architectures, with Fedora as an example, is discussed in the context of meeting user requirements in the areas of institutional repositories, scholarly publication, e-research, and e-scholarship applications.