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Usability Testing

A Practical Guide for Librarians
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 2014

Summary

Do you want to improve the usability of your library website, but feel that it is too difficult, time-consuming, or expensive? In this book, you will learn that in-house usability testing on a budget is not only feasible, but it is practical, sustainable, and has the potential to lead to remarkable improvements of the content, design, and layout of your website.

Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians will teach you how to:

  • Make the case for usability testing

  • Define your audience and their goals

  • Select a usability testing method appropriate for your particular context

  • Plan for an in-house usability test

  • Conduct an effective in-house usability test

  • Analyze usability test results and make decisions based on those results

  • Create and implement a plan for ongoing, systematic usability testing

Step-by-step instructions, along with a myriad of examples, allow you to use this book as a practical guide, and adapt the techniques for your own context. Techniques are appropriate for libraries of all types, including academic, public, and special libraries.



Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2014
Copyright Year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-2899-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-2900-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
134
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

ChapterPages
    1. Contents No access
    2. List of Tables and Figures No access
    3. Preface No access
    4. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Chapter 1: Why Usability Testing Matters No access Pages 1 - 6
  2. Chapter 2: Conducting Your Own Usability Testing No access Pages 7 - 14
  3. Chapter 3: Identifying Your Audience and Its Tasks No access Pages 15 - 28
  4. Chapter 4: Selecting a Method No access Pages 29 - 42
  5. Chapter 5: Planning a Usability Test No access Pages 43 - 64
  6. Chapter 6: Conducting a Usability Test No access Pages 65 - 84
  7. Chapter 7: Analyzing Your Findings and Making Improvements No access Pages 85 - 106
  8. Chapter 8: Ongoing Usability Testing No access Pages 107 - 118
  9. Chapter 9: Keeping Up the Momentum No access Pages 119 - 124
  10. Appendix: Example of a Usability Testing Report (Summary Version) No access Pages 125 - 128
  11. Index No access Pages 129 - 132
  12. About the Author No access Pages 133 - 134

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