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ER&L 2012 | April 2–4, 2012 | Austin, Texas and Online
Exploring ideas, trends and technologies in eresources and digital services.Go to www.electroniclibrarian.org to view and print a 3 page pdf of all sessions by thread with conference hashtags.
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Workshop 2: Shaping User Experience: Usability Testing, Iterative Design, and the Digital Library
Sun Apr 1 2012, 1:00pm–5:00pm, Perry?Castañeda Library Room 1.339
hashtag
#erlusability #erl12
Track
Emerging and Future Technologies
Keywords
usability, eye tracking, user experience, iterative design
Learning Objectives
Following this session, participants in this workshop will be able to evaluate the usabilty of digitized materials on two different public websites. They will also know how to incorporate eye tracking methods into usability testing of their own websites.
Abstract
Usability testing is too often overlooked as a significant step toward retaining an audience for a digital library website. Attendees will gain tools they need to know what user experience testing is, how it affects digital libraries, and how to integrate iterative design based on usability data into their own digital library.
Presenters
Ms. Kate Crane, Texas Tech University
Ms. Ana Krahmer, University of North Texas Libraries: Digital Projects
Tara Carlisle, University of North Texas