Rebecca Blakiston

Usability Testing (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide for Librarians

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 goalsSelect a usability testing method appropriate for your particular contextPlan for an in-house usability testConduct an effective in-house usability testAnalyze usability test results and make decisions based on those resultsCreate 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442229006
• Artikelnr.: 41781857

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Blakiston has been a librarian at the University of Arizona Libraries since 2008, and the website product manager since 2010. She provides oversight, management, and strategic planning for the library website, specializing in guerilla usability testing, writing for the web, and content strategy. She chairs a website steering group and meets regularly with staff from across the library to facilitate communication, training, and collaboration. She developed a process for in-house usability testing, which has been implemented successfully both within website projects and in an ongoing, systematic way.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Why Usability Testing Matters Chapter
2: Conducting Your Own Usability Testing Chapter 3: Identifying Your
Audience and Their Tasks Chapter 4: Selecting a Method Chapter 5: Planning
a Usability Test Chapter 6: Conducting a Usability Test Chapter 7:
Analyzing Your Findings and Making Improvements Chapter 8: Ongoing
Usability Testing Chapter 9: Keeping Up the Momentum Appendix Index About
the Author