User-Centred Library Websites. Usability Evaluation Methods

✍ Scribed by Carole George (Auth.)

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 233
• Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Targeted at Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals, this book concentrates on usability evaluation methods used to design usable and user-centered library websites. Aimed at the practitioner, it is a practical guide to methods that are used to gather information from potential users that shape the design of the website based on an interactive design process. From planning the study to writing the report, this book guides the reader through the process of usability evaluation using examples from the author's experience with usability evaluation of library interfaces. It describes usability techniques, procedures, report writing, and design changes that lead to a user-centered interface.

• A concise, practical guide to completing usability evaluation methods with an emphasis on creating user-centered library websites
• Includes examples that draw on the author's practical experience with usability evaluation
• Useful guidelines to creating participant recruitment letters, scripts, thank you notes, and forms illustrated with practical examples

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of figures and tables, Pages vii-viii
About the author, Page ix
Preface, Pages xi-xii
1 - What is user-centred design?, Pages 1-23
2 - Getting started, Pages 25-45
3 - User needs analysis, Pages 47-95
4 - Designing the website – participatory design, Pages 97-126
5 - Usability inspection methods, Pages 127-140
6 - Usability testing the website, Pages 141-173
7 - Communicating the findings, Pages 175-185
Appendix: Examples, Pages 187-197
Glossary, Pages 199-215
Bibliography, Pages 217-226
Index, Pages 227-231