Do you want to improve the usability of your library website, but feel that it is too difficult, time-consuming, or expensive? In this book, you will learn that in-house usability testing on a budget is not only feasible, but it is practical, sustainable, and has the potential to lead to remarkable improvements of the content, design, and layout of your website.
Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians will teach you how to:
Make the case for usability testing Define your audience and their goalsSelect a usability testing method appropriate for your particular contextPlan for an in-house usability testConduct an effective in-house usability testAnalyze usability test results and make decisions based on those resultsCreate and implement a plan for ongoing, systematic usability testing
Step-by-step instructions, along with a myriad of examples, allow you to use this book as a practical guide, and adapt the techniques for your own context. Techniques are appropriate for libraries of all types, including academic, public, and special libraries.
| ISBN: | 9781442228993 |
| Publication date: | 29th September 2014 |
| Author: | Rebecca Blakiston |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 148 pages |
| Series: | Practical Guides for Librarians |
| Genres: |
IT, Internet and electronic resources in libraries Library and information services |
Do you want to improve the usability of your library website, but feel that it is too difficult, time-consuming, or expensive? In this book, you will learn that in-house usability testing on a budget is not only feasible, but it is practical, sustainable, and has the potential to lead to remarkable improvements of the content, design, and layout of your website.
Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians will teach you how to:
Make the case for usability testing Define your audience and their goalsSelect a usability testing method appropriate for your particular contextPlan for an in-house usability testConduct an effective in-house usability testAnalyze usability test results and make decisions based on those resultsCreate and implement a plan for ongoing, systematic usability testing
Step-by-step instructions, along with a myriad of examples, allow you to use this book as a practical guide, and adapt the techniques for your own context. Techniques are appropriate for libraries of all types, including academic, public, and special libraries.
Usability Testing features in the following genres: IT, Internet and electronic resources in libraries, Library and information services
Usability Testing is available in Ebook, Paperback
Usability Testing was written by Rebecca Blakiston and published by Rowman & Littlefield an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Usability Testing has 148 pages
Yes it is part of Practical Guides for Librarians series
£62.99