Usability testing for library websites : a hands-on guide / Elaina Norlin, CM! Winters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norlin, Elaina.

Contributor:

Winters, CM!.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library Web sites--Testing.

Library Web sites.

User interfaces (Computer systems)--Testing.

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Usability testing for library Web sites

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unless you're the librarian who set them up, online library services can be hard to navigate. In fact, many users give up in frustration without ever finding what they're looking for. Nowadays, many of the search and retrieval services that previously were database-driven are now Web-based and part of the library's official Web site. So as libraries increasingly use the Web to deliver both in-house and remote services online, it is critical that their sites are engaging, easy to navigate, and created with the end user—the library customer—in mind. This soup to nuts guide will help beginners an

Contents:

CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Foundations of Usability Testing; 2 Web Design Guidelines; 3 Getting Buy-in; 4 Preassessment and Planning; 5 Preparing and Evaluating the Usability Test; 6 Usability Testing Example; Additional Readings; INDEX;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66) and index.

ISBN:

0-8389-9878-X

OCLC:

476044804