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Subject:    [WEB4LIB] Program at ALA: Usability, the User Experience & Interface Design: The Role of Reference
From:       Arlie Sims <asims () COLUM ! EDU>
Date:       2013-06-18 20:31:27
Message-ID: 8150890521653149.WA.asimscolum.edu () listserv ! nd ! edu
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Usability, the User Experience & Interface Design: The Role of Reference

ALA Annual Conference
Sunday, June 30, 1:00PM – 2:30PM
McCormick Place Convention Center, room S403

The MARS Conference Program Planning Committee invites you to a program on the \
usability and the user experience in libraries in this era of discovery tools and \
other technologies.  

How are we collecting data and observing behavior to improve these interfaces to \
better meet our user's needs? How can we learn from what other researchers are \
studying and use that data to implement change?

Panel members include:

--David Bietila, Web Program Director Digital Library Development Center and Gina \
                Peterson, Human Resources,
University     of Chicago Library

--Lesley Moyo, Director, Research and Instruction Services and Tracy Gilmore, \
                Technical Services Librarian, Virginia Tech University

--Elizabeth German, Web Services Coordinator and Kelsey Brett, Resource Discovery \
Systems Fellow, University of Houston Libraries

Each presenter will discuss how their institutions have implemented innovative \
changes to the user interface and address the role of usability testing,  data \
mining, and other research methods in their decision process.  Audience members will \
have opportunities to submit questions to the panelists.  

The learning objectives for attendees are:

    Increased understanding of changes in users' research habits; 
    Introduction to methods of information/data collection beyond traditional \
usability studies;     Learn processes for implementing change relevant for their own \
institutions.

The session will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm at the \
McCormick Place Convention Center, room S403.  Hope to see you there!

Posted by Arlie Sims, RUSA MARS Program Planning Committee member

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2013-06-18


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