Hi all,
I would be interested in helping if I can.
Thanks,
Jacob Ratliff
UX Specialist
The Mathworks
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:37 AM Shaun D. Ellis <shaune_at_princeton.edu> wrote:
> Hi Josh,
> I see this as a complicated project for a number of reasons, but I also
> think it would be valuable to aggregate our collective UX research and I'm
> definitely interested in exploring it.
>
> If we get a critical mass of interested folks at the Code4Lib national
> conference this year, perhaps we can start to discuss
> details/goals/challenges in person at one of the Breakout Sessions (
> https://wiki.code4lib.org/Code4Lib2019_Breakout_Sessions)?
>
> Shaun Ellis
> Digital Collections User Interface Developer
> Princeton University Library
>
>
> On 1/3/19, 12:41 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Jeanine E Finn" <
> CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG on behalf of jefinn_at_UTEXAS.EDU> wrote:
>
> I would be interested in collaborating in some way as well. I’d
> especially like to see some documentation for some qualitative usability
> approaches (focus groups, interviews, etc.) since I think those tend to get
> short shrift in some of the existing material.
>
> Jeanine
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> Jeanine Finn
> Data Science and Digital Scholarship Coordinator
> The Claremont Colleges Library
> 800 North Dartmouth Ave. | Claremont, CA 91711
> (909) 607-7958 | jeanine.finn_at_claremont.edu
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
>
>
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> > On Jan 3, 2019, at 8:41 AM, Andrew L Hickner <andrew.hickner_at_SHU.EDU>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Joshua,
> >
> > I have thought about this for years. I would be very much interested
> in collaborating on such an effort.
> >
> >
> >
> > Andy Hickner, MSI
> > Health Sciences Librarian
> > Seton Hall University | Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus
> > andrew.hickner_at_shu.edu | 1-973-542-6973
> > http://library.shu.edu/ihs
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG> On Behalf Of
> Gomez, Joshua
> > Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 11:32 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Usability and A/B test results clearinghouse
> >
> > I am wondering if there exists some kind of clearinghouse of data
> from usability tests and A/B tests on digital libraries and archives. Or,
> if such a thing does not exist, if members from this community would be
> interested in building one with me.
> >
> > I’m sure many results have been published in papers in various
> journals or blog posts. But what I had in mind was an accumulation of many
> such results into a central place, so that it would be possible to quickly
> lookup and answer questions like “which facets/filters are used most or
> least?” or “which layouts of complex objects result in more
> images/bitstreams being viewed/streamed?” and so on. The general goal is to
> build up an evidence-based set of design patterns for digital library
> interfaces.
> >
> > I already have strong opinions about some of these questions, but I
> would like data to back them up before acting on them. For instance, I
> think the consistent use of author and subject fields in faceted search is
> an antipattern. Any field with more than a few dozen possible terms seems
> unusable (to me) in faceted search. I think it would be much better to use
> type-ahead search for data in these fields and use facets/filters only on
> simpler fields like date, language, or resource type. But these are just
> opinions and I would like some proof.
> >
> > I could run my own tests locally, and I intend to, but I would feel
> more confident if I saw consistent results from multiple institutions. And
> I don’t think I need to convince anyone subscribing to this list about the
> merits of working collaboratively and sharing knowledge.
> >
> > So if you know of something like this, please point me to it. Or if
> you are interested in putting something like this together, please get in
> touch.
> >
> > Joshua Gomez
> > Head of Software Development & Library Systems UCLA Library
> joshuagomez_at_library.ucla.edu<mailto:joshuagomez_at_library.ucla.edu>
> >
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