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Unicorn digital papers and clipart from ClipArtisan on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClipArtisan
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Read the report: https://www.openathens.net/blog/report-library-user-experience-2023/
Save time, be productive, remember everything, go digital, and synchronize your info between desktop and mobile with this online course by Nicole Hennig. Get the most from your iPhone or Android smartphone.
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http://j.mp/org-apps
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By the end of this course you will be able to…
- synchronize your information between desktop and mobile computers.
- generate and use secure passwords.
- create to-do lists that you can access on-the-go.
- find your information from anywhere.
- automatically back up photos from your mobile devices.
- use the best apps for these purposes (iOS or Android).
- use basic tips about security and privacy and know where to learn more.
With this course you will
- Save time.
- Be more productive.
- Manage your information effectively.
- Access your information from anywhere.
- Get the most from your smartphone or tablet.
- Have a foundation for using other apps that connect with these in useful ways.
- Reduce stress and focus on what’s important in your life (now that your info is organized).
User Centered Design method & Wikiwijs
By Karin van den Driesche
Presented at Merlien Institute's International conference on Qualitative Consumer Research & Insights, 7 & 8 April 2011, Malta
Building an engagement toolkit: How you can understand your customers, evalua...Kate Davis
Slide deck for workshop at the Asia Pacific Library and Information Conference #aplic18, presented with Kathleen Smeaton and Lyndelle Gunton.
Unicorn digital papers and clipart from ClipArtisan on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClipArtisan
Looks at different inquiry process models, including Kuhlthau's Information Search Process and Guided Inquiry derived from it, Big 6 Skills, plus a number of others.
This Presentation was given in Guru Kashi University Talwandi Sabo (2013) at the inaugural ceremony of Ph.D. program. Bibliography is added for sake of References.
Changemaker learning programs towards SustainabilityGlocalminds
Presentación de la investigación "An Exploratory Journey into Sustainability Changemakers learning programs" desarrollada para el MSLS 2010, adaptada para ser presentada en ICEL 2011, congreso internacional de aprendizaje experiencial en Santiago, Chile, enero 2011.
Building an engagement toolkit (Information Online 2019)Kate Davis
Slide deck for workshop at Information Online #infoonline19, presented with Kathleen Smeaton.
Unicorn digital papers and clipart from ClipArtisan on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClipArtisan
Researching people: using questionnaires and interviewsJenna Condie
Social research methods lecture for animation masters students @salforduni. Introducing the two dominant social research methods - questionnaires and interviews.
Library user experience report: Removing barriers in the search for knowledgeOpenAthens
We’re happy to announce the release of our new library user experience report! We worked with consultancy firm Digirati to talk in depth to academic library users across the globe about access to digital content. In this report we review the common challenges that users and researchers face and how they could be resolved.
Our report will be of interest to librarians, publishers and service providers, network operators, governments and anyone working in the area of remote access to digital content.
Read the report: https://www.openathens.net/blog/report-library-user-experience-2023/
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Organize Your Life with Mobile Apps
http://j.mp/org-apps
This course will recommend four excellent apps for managing your information, guide you through setting them up, and provide tips and best practices for using them.
By the end of this course you will be able to…
- synchronize your information between desktop and mobile computers.
- generate and use secure passwords.
- create to-do lists that you can access on-the-go.
- find your information from anywhere.
- automatically back up photos from your mobile devices.
- use the best apps for these purposes (iOS or Android).
- use basic tips about security and privacy and know where to learn more.
With this course you will
- Save time.
- Be more productive.
- Manage your information effectively.
- Access your information from anywhere.
- Get the most from your smartphone or tablet.
- Have a foundation for using other apps that connect with these in useful ways.
- Reduce stress and focus on what’s important in your life (now that your info is organized).
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
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Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
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The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
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http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
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23. students from:
1 art & architecture
14 engineering
6 science
5 school of humanities & social sciences
3 management
3 undecided
(roughly like the population at MIT)
23
24. Their photos, screen shots, and a diary of what they did
helped them tell us the story.
24
26. a total of 8 librarians
teams of 2 people
- one to conduct the interview
- one to take notes
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27. warm up questions
1. what department are you in?
2. how long have you been at MIT?
3. about how many times a month do you use the
libraries in person?
4. about how many times a month do you use our
electronic resources?
5. about how many times a month do you search for
information NOT using the MIT libraries?
27
28. they tell the story of their week
(about an hour)
use the photos and diary to jog their memories
28
29. questions we used to guide the interviews
what were you looking for?
where were you doing your research?
when were you doing this?
what strategies did you use?
what sources did you use?
how did you learn about these sources?
29
30. questions we used to guide the interviews
what devices did you use?
what worked?
what problems did you have?
how often do you usually do this task?
30
31. we repeated back what we heard along the way:
“let me get this right, you’re saying that....”
“so in other words you did x?”
31
32. useful book for interviewing techniques:
Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User
Requirements Methods, Tools, and Techniques
Catherine Courage & Kathy Baxter
32
36. we used cards to write down each
method used for each task they were working on
36
37. we wanted to understand their goals
so that we could find ways to help them meet those goals
37
38. grad student goals
- research & thesis 64%
- conference presentations & publishing 14%
- current awareness 9%
- helping the lab function
- networking
- job search
38
39. undergrad student goals
- complete their course work 75%
- research 7%
- current awareness 7%
- participate in MIT clubs & social activities
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40. tasks - most frequent
- search for a known item
- search for information on a topic
- find facts
- search for a partially known item
(don’t have complete citation)
- take notes & organize information
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41. tasks - most frequent
- complete class assignment
- check web sites or email or RSS feeds for current
awareness
- study for a class
- learn about a software program
- do course readings
41
42. methods - most frequent
- search Google
- go directly to a known URL
- use the library catalog to browse or search
- search our licensed citation databases
- use course web sites
- review class notes
- search our finding tool for e-resources (Vera)
42
43. methods - most frequent
- read textbooks
- consult with other students
- consult with faculty or guest lecturers
- search Google Scholar
- search our licensed full text databases
- physically browse a collection in the library
- refer to books in their personal library
- use Wikipedia
43
44. none of that is surprising.
so we asked ourselves...
44
45. - were they successful from their own
points of view?
- were they efficient and effective from
our point of view as librarians?
45
46. - were they successful from their own
points of view?
grads: yes, for 86% of their tasks
undergrads: yes 93%
(we always asked: did you find what you were looking for?)
46
47. - were they efficient and effective from
our point of view as librarians?
grads: yes for 77% of their tasks
undergrads: yes 85%
(we subjectively rated each task)
47
48. For all tasks
successful efficient
(in their own view) (in our view)
grads 86% 77%
undergrads 93% 85%
percentage of tasks done during the week of the study
48
49. - you might say... well librarians will
always think of better ways
but...
49
50. - we also broke it down by type of task
and that’s where we saw a big difference
50
51. Searching for information on a topic
successful efficient
(in their own view) (in our view)
grads 80% 40%
undergrads 82% 64%
percentage of tasks done during the week of the study
51
62. Google e-books Google Print
Google Scholar
textbooks
Google maps
MIT Open Courseware
Amazon
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63. Google e-books Google Print
library databases
Google Scholar
textbooks
Google maps
personal libraries
MIT Open Courseware
web sites of other universities
social science data sets
Amazon
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64. Google e-books Google Print
library databases old course notes
Google Scholar
textbooks
Google maps
lab notebooks
personal libraries
MIT Open Courseware
web sites of other universities
social science data sets
Amazon
personal contacts (people)
64
93. Another finding:
They are not aware of many of the services we provide
beyond the obvious ones.
93
94. A picture of their culture
- sleep deprived
- stressed, in a hurry
- do it yourself
- focused on getting course work done or doing
research
- current awareness important
- relying on trusted network of friends and
colleagues
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95. A picture of their culture
- not asking for help
- not knowing about all our services
- not knowing about all our research databases
- using “brute force” methods
- struggling with organizing the info they have
already found
- need to share the info with colleagues
95
97. Priorities
• Make topical discovery easier and more
effective.
• Incorporate community & trust
features in our systems.
• Embed ourselves & our systems where
users are.
• Build our expertise into the
systems, create systems that you learn
from by using.
97
99. We’re looking at different solutions for a new catalog
interface using faceted browsing:
- Endeca
- Siderean
- Univ. of Rochester XC
- build our own using Solr & Lucene
- Worldcat Local
99
100. Not just our catalog, but also to include:
- DSpace repository
- Image collections
- Future archival collections
- Pages from our web site
all with different types of metadata:
MARC, Dublin Core,VRA, etc.
100
101. nearly 500 research databases
aggregated search of our federated search of
local content with faceted licensed e-content
browsing
DSpace image archives
catalog repository collections
101
102. And we’re building a better way for students to
discover our research databases
(almost 500 of them), using federated searching.
(to be released next fall)
102
104. So many community features available now:
- Social bookmarking
- Tagging
- Comments
- Reviews
- Rating
- Popularity rankings
(circ stats and e-resource usage stats)
104
105. We want more of these features in our systems
105
109. Where are the users?
- Google
- Google Scholar
- Google Print
- Wikipedia
- Amazon
- iTunes
- Facebook
- Stellar (course management system at MIT)
- MIT departmental web sites
- faculty web sites at other institutions
109
116. Puts links to the libraries where the users
are:
- such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s
- New York Times book reviews
- Google
- and more.
116
122. Other ways to put ourselves where they are
- our news blog (Wordpress)
- RSS feeds for the blog and for new titles in our
catalog
- podcasts in iTunes
- “insideMIT” portal under development, build
library widgets for that
- work on extending library systems inside course
management systems
122
123. We now have a “betas” page
... similar to Google Labs
123
130. We should look for ways to understand and
extend the practice of our users.
130
131. Useful resources
Understanding your users: a practical guide to user
requirements methods, tools, and techniques.
Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.
Catherine Courage and Kathy Baxter.
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Your-Users-Requirements-Technologies/dp/1558609350/
Contextual design: a customer-centered approach to systems
designs.
Morgan Kaufmann, 1997.
Hugh Beyer and Karen Holtzblatt.
http://www.amazon.com/Contextual-Design-Customer-Centered-Interactive-Technologies/dp/
1558604111
131
134. Key reports with similar findings
& recommendations to ours
Rethinking how we provide bibliographic services for the University of
California. Bibliographic Services Task Force. December 2005.
http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sopag/BSTF/Final.pdf
Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources. OCLC Reports,
2005.
http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm
The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other
Discovery. Library of Congress, 17 March 2006.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdf
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