{"id":1299,"date":"2015-12-15T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2015-12-15T16:49:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T20:49:01","slug":"what-is-user-experience-design-and-how-can-it-help-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=1299","title":{"rendered":"What is User Experience Design and how can it help you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of library and information science, as well as web design, information architecture and other related fields, user experience is an up and coming field in its own right, and its\u00a0roots, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uxbooth.com\/articles\/where-ux-comes-from\/\" target=\"_blank\">UX-Booth<\/a>, date back to almost a century ago. User experience is, essentially, how\u00a0a person interacts with\u00a0a product such as a website or computer application\u00a0and\u00a0how easy or pleasing that product is to use. As professionals who design a wide array of products\u00a0for users to seek and gain access to information, this field is very relevant, and it is worth learning\u00a0more about it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1302 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-15-at-3.44.15-PM-300x238.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-15 at 3.44.15 PM\" width=\"360\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-15-at-3.44.15-PM-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-15-at-3.44.15-PM.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>That\u2019s why, this January, New England\u2019s regional ASIS&amp;T chapter (co-sponsored by Simmons ASIS&amp;T) is hosting their biggest event of the year on user experience. A full day conference with lunch, &#8220;UX &amp; You: User Experience Research and Design&#8221; will be held on Wednesday, January 6 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Simmons College in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>This event will feature talks by some of the biggest local names in usability and will offer attendees various opportunities to learn how UX professionals both design and test\u00a0usability\u00a0for both\u00a0immediate and future impact. Listen to great panels, participate in hands on activity booths, network with other information professionals, and walk away with free tools you can use right away to improve user experience. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/user-experience-you-ux-design-research-tickets-19532314679\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to register now<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of library and information science, as well as web design, information architecture and other related fields, user experience is an up and coming field in its own right, and its\u00a0roots, according to UX-Booth, date back to almost a century ago. User experience is, essentially, how\u00a0a person interacts with\u00a0a product such as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}