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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

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
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Table of contents

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    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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