When: November 10th
Time: 4:30-6pm
Where: P-113 (Palace Road Building, 1st Floor)
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Join UXPA@Simmons and ASIS&T for a fun and interactive lightning round of usability sessions in celebration of World Usability Day! Provide real-time feedback and meet the professionals behind websites such as the Boston Open Data Portal, UMass Biomedical Research Data Management MOOC, and Wentworth Institute of Technology Library & Learning Commons website.
Sign up on Eventbrite:
https://uxpa-worldusabilityday.eventbrite.com
***Snacks will be provided!***
If you would like to learn more, see the speaker and project details below.
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Wentworth Institute of Technology
Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons Website
Speakers:
Este Pope is the Associate Director of the Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons at Wentworth Institute of Technology. She previously served as Head of Instruction and Digital Research at Boston College, and holds an MLIS from Simmons and an MA from Boston College.
Beth Vargas is the Library Assistant of the Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons at Wentworth Institute of Technology. She is also currently a SLIS graduate student at Simmons with a concentration in IS&T and the NEASIS&T Liaison for the Simmons Student Chapter of ASIS&T.
Project:
The Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons website was created for the Wentworth Institute of Technology students, faculty, and staff. Its redesign began February 2016, and the new website launched in August 2016. It directs users to library resources and research help appropriate to their needs, and includes features such as Contact a Librarian, Find E-resources, and Search for Books and Articles.
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University of Massachusetts Medical School
Best Practices for Biomedical Research Data Management MOOC
Speakers:
Julie Goldman is the eScience Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region. In 2014 and 2015 she served on the teaching staff for “Scientific Research Data Management,” a course in the LIS curriculum at Simmons. Julie holds an MLIS from Simmons and a BS in Marine Biology from the University of New Hampshire.
Project:
The Best Practices for Biomedical Research Data Management Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will provide training to librarians, biomedical researchers, biomedical students, and other interested individuals on recommended practices for managing biomedical research data. Each of the MOOC’s nine modules will be dedicated to a specific component of data management best practices, and will include video lectures, presentation slides, research teaching cases, readings, activities, and interactive quizzes.
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City of Boston: Boston Open Data Portal