{"id":542,"date":"2012-11-19T11:15:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=542"},"modified":"2012-11-19T11:21:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:21:02","slug":"user-experience-ux-more-than-just-usability-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=542","title":{"rendered":"User experience (UX): More than just usability testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, November 20, 2012<\/div>\n<div><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a011:00 am &#8211; 12:00 pm<\/div>\n<div><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Palace Road Building P-213, Simmons College<\/div>\n<p>Join us for a\u00a0a presentation by J. Darcy Duke and\u00a0Stephanie Hartman, UX librarians at the MIT Libraries, on UX research.\u00a0The presentation will be given to <a title=\"Prof. Rong Tang\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/gslis\/people\/faculty\/full-time\/tang.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Prof. Rong Tang&#8217;s<\/a> <a title=\"LIS531Y\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/gslis\/academics\/courses\/electives\/index.php#LIS531Y\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">LIS531Y Usability and User\u00a0Experience Research class<\/a>\u00a0this coming Tuesday, 11\/20\/12,\u00a011:00am-12:00pm. <strong>All are welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RSVP:\u00a0<\/strong>Please <a href=\"mailto:rong.tang@simmons.edu\" target=\"_blank\">e-mail<\/a> Prof. Rong Tang if you plan to attend,\u00a0rong.tang@simmons.edu<\/p>\n<p><em>From Darcy Duke and Stephanie Hartman:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The web team of the MIT Libraries has been performing usability testing<br \/>\non our online interfaces since the early days of our web presence back<br \/>\nin the late 90s. Over time, we also expanded our work to include<br \/>\nethnographic studies in order to more broadly understand how our users<br \/>\nwere accessing, using, and managing information. When the MIT Libraries<br \/>\nunderwent a reorganization in 2010, the User Experience Group (UX) was<br \/>\nestablished in order to apply our knowledge of usability, design and<br \/>\nuser research across our services and public spaces, in addition to user<br \/>\ninterfaces on the web. In this talk, we will discuss projects that will<br \/>\nshow the broad variety of our work, from a recent paper-mockup<br \/>\n&#8220;guerilla&#8221; testing of a web page design to a &#8220;Patron for a Day&#8221; study<br \/>\nmeant to create empathy for our users among our staff.<\/p>\n<p>J. Darcy Duke is the Web Manager and User Experience Librarian on the UX<br \/>\nteam at the MIT Libraries. A Simmons GSLIS graduate, she started her<br \/>\nprofessional career as an engineering reference librarian in 2000 and<br \/>\njoined the MIT Libraries web team shortly thereafter. Her ongoing<br \/>\nexperience and interest in web technologies, usability, and design have<br \/>\nled to her current position.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Hartman is a User Experience Librarian at the MIT Libraries.<br \/>\nStephanie received her MLIS from Southern Connecticut State University,<br \/>\nand became an outreach and information services librarian at MIT in<br \/>\n2005. In this position she was involved in multiple physical space<br \/>\nrenovations, as well as developing new avenues for user feedback and<br \/>\nengagement. This experience, coupled with past web work, led to her<br \/>\nmembership on the UX team where she has a focus on the UX in our<br \/>\nphysical spaces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:\u00a0Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Time:\u00a011:00 am &#8211; 12:00 pm Location:\u00a0Palace Road Building P-213, Simmons College Join us for a\u00a0a presentation by J. Darcy Duke and\u00a0Stephanie Hartman, UX librarians at the MIT Libraries, on UX research.\u00a0The presentation will be given to Prof. Rong Tang&#8217;s LIS531Y Usability and User\u00a0Experience Research class\u00a0this coming Tuesday, 11\/20\/12,\u00a011:00am-12:00pm. All are welcome! 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