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User Experience (UX) Design for Libraries
User experience (UX) characterizes how a person feels about using a product, system or service. UX design incorporates the practical aspects of utility, ease of use and efficiency to make your web design and functionality decisions with patrons in mind. This results in a better design, a more intuitive interface, and a more enjoyable experience.
Part of the award-winning TECH SET series, this book shows you how to get there by providing hands-on steps and best practices for UX design principles, practices, and tools to engage with patrons online and build the best web presence for your library.
You'll find out how to conduct a usability test, perform a card sort, make decisions on how to build the architecture of your site, create personas as a cornerstone of your website planning process, create a content strategy, and perform an experience-based evaluation of your site.
Part of the award-winning TECH SET series, this book shows you how to get there by providing hands-on steps and best practices for UX design principles, practices, and tools to engage with patrons online and build the best web presence for your library.
You'll find out how to conduct a usability test, perform a card sort, make decisions on how to build the architecture of your site, create personas as a cornerstone of your website planning process, create a content strategy, and perform an experience-based evaluation of your site.
111 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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July 24, 2012
UX Design for Libraries is really well written, really quick and interesting to read, ... really "usable." I'd highly recommend it for librarians approaching a redesign or usability testing for the first time. Published just a few months ago from the time of this review, the rapid development of the web means it's already feeling a little dated. And, I guess, I'll add that I only gave it three stars because for readers who have been doing a little UX already and for designers that are versed in responsive / future friendly / mobile-first design, this pleasurable read really doesn't offer anything new. This is UX info that is pretty readily available all over the web, just in this case marketed for librarians.
June 6, 2018
User Experience (UX) Design for Libraries by Aaron Schmidt is a slim volume that is part of a series of books (18) called "The Tech Set"
This book is full of a lot of valuable information concerning User Design for Libraries (Website Design, Signage, Furniture placement, Library Design to name a few examples.) and should be a primer purchased by any staff who oversee the operations of a Library and it's many intricacies.
User experience (UX) looks at the important factors of Library use, such as utility, ease of use and efficiency and how they affect how patrons use the Library and see it as a useful tool. This book shows you how to troubleshoot and implement User Design by providing hands-on steps and best practices for UX design principles, practices, and tools to engage with patrons.
This is a valuable part of any Libraries collection and would be a good resource for any Library Team.
This book is full of a lot of valuable information concerning User Design for Libraries (Website Design, Signage, Furniture placement, Library Design to name a few examples.) and should be a primer purchased by any staff who oversee the operations of a Library and it's many intricacies.
User experience (UX) looks at the important factors of Library use, such as utility, ease of use and efficiency and how they affect how patrons use the Library and see it as a useful tool. This book shows you how to troubleshoot and implement User Design by providing hands-on steps and best practices for UX design principles, practices, and tools to engage with patrons.
This is a valuable part of any Libraries collection and would be a good resource for any Library Team.
September 13, 2017
Excellent beginner's book for UX in libraries.
May 10, 2021
Well written and easy to read and understand. A good introduction into UX for library websites and the steps to take to improve UX for patrons
February 18, 2016
The majority of the book covers the basics of UX design tools, which if the reader is well versed in UX, will not provide too much information that the reader does not already know. It lends a library twist to it that could be helpful, but again, mostly for someone not as well versed in the tools already. I enjoyed the first and last chapters the most, looking at overarching UX issues with libraries (primarily the catalog). A recommended read for library staff wanting to better understand what UX is (specifically web oriented).
October 5, 2013
This book was a great quick read about User Experience in libraries. It was very thorough and brought together the disparate understanding I already had about UX. The organization of the material was logical and the supporting links and books mentioned seem helpful as well. I would strongly recommend this book for anyone who is even loosely involved with user experience/usability at their library.
December 18, 2015
This is a quick read but full of good ideas. Lots to share and varying levels of complexity in practical tools to try.
April 27, 2017
does exactly what i need it to.
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