Is Our Data Being Put to Good Use? Usability Testing and Open Source Catalogs

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Is Our Data Being Put to Good Use? Usability Testing and Open Source Catalogs Becky Yoose Jason Paul Michel Kwabena Sekyere Miami University of Ohio
Bibliographic Data via III + Solrpac
Usability Testing Methodology
- Yale University VUFind Report
- Key tasks and concepts of new catalog
- 6 tasks, 14 questions ranging from simple to difficult
- User groups:
Usability Testing Analysis Successful completion of task and average length of tasks Methods utilized Comments
- “ Perhaps changing serials to journals or a more modern term”
Questions? – Thank you Becky Yoose - [email_address] Jason Paul Michel - [email_address] Kwabena Sekyere - [email_address]