From the monthly archives: March 2010
In an effort to improve users’ experiences with the Duke Libraries website, library staff have conducted a number of usability tests over the last several. The Digital Projects Department paved the way in testing interfaces and making changes based on users’ experiences, but in the last six months, public services librarians in Continue Reading →
Last week, Diane blogged about Duke’s User Studies Initiative and mentioned two of the user studies that have resulted from it.
I have worked closely with one those studies and have had the privilege of learning from nine motivated seniors who plan to graduate with distinction in May. In addition to [...]
Continue Reading →This week, several of us at Perkins gave a presentation at the LAUNC-CH Conference on creating a user-centered library. Our presentation title was “Know Thy User: the Duke Libraries User Studies Initiative” and we talked about the initiative as a staff development effort and looked at the two studies that are underway as [...]
Continue Reading →If not, you might consider installing the LibX browser extension for Duke Libraries. This browser plug-in will enable you to do many things, one of which is to see the references listed in Wikipedia that Duke subscribes to. Simply click the “get it at Duke” icon that appears beside the reference and in [...]
Continue Reading →This semester, we are doubly fortunate to have two UNC library school students doing field studies in Instruction & Outreach. Alice Whiteside and Julie Adamo are spending the semester immersing themselves in the work that we do, and bringing their energy, enthusiasm and good spirits to our department.
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