Responding to Rapid Change in Libraries

Author: Callan Bignoli
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838949789
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
In the face of rapid change and an ever-widening constellation of challenges, it’s crucial for library leaders to pull back to the question of “why?” Plotting a sustainable way forward depends upon recommitting ourselves to our underlying values, such as customer service and community-building, while fostering the improvements that change makes possible. With passion, patience, and fortitude, libraries can stride confidently into the future. In this book, noted speakers and consultants Bignoli and Stara speak directly to library directors, managers, administrators, and technology staff, offering concrete guidance on setting or resetting strategic priorities. Taking an interconnected and specific approach to planning for and strengthening the library environment as a whole, their book discusses why libraries should embrace change as a fundamental part of library life; explores how to harness rapid change to provide more responsive, user-centered library service; addresses the ways in which libraries straddle the physical and the digital, in areas such as service provision and collections, illuminating how they overlap and can be improved using similar philosophies; presents both a comprehensive overview of library technologies as well as related team and change management advice, all grounded in user experience principles; shows how the concepts of sustainability and flexibility apply to physical space planning and design, from furniture selection and arrangement to infrastructure; and provides sound guidance on project management, problem solving, preparing for future challenges, personal reflection and self-care, and other leadership topics.

User Experience in Libraries

Author: Andy Priestner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317003136
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Modern library services can be incredibly complex. Much more so than their forebears, modern librarians must grapple daily with questions of how best to implement innovative new services, while also maintaining and updating the old. The efforts undertaken are immense, but how best to evaluate their success? In this groundbreaking new book from Routledge, library practitioners, anthropologists, and design experts combine to advocate a new focus on User Experience (or ‘UX’) research methods. Through a combination of theoretical discussion and applied case studies, they argue that this ethnographic and human-centred design approach enables library professionals to gather rich evidence-based insights into what is really going on in their libraries, allowing them to look beyond what library users say they do to what they actually do. Edited by the team behind the international UX in Libraries conference, User Experience in Libraries will ignite new interest in a rapidly emerging and game-changing area of research. Clearly written and passionately argued, it is essential reading for all library professionals and students of Library and Information Science. It will also be welcomed by anthropologists and design professionals working in related fields.

A Handbook of User Experience Research & Design in Libraries

Author: Andy Priestner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 574

Book Description
"A comprehensive and practical handbook exploring the value and applicability of UX Research & Design to libraries. As well as detailed methodology, there are numerous case studies from around the world and insights from practitioner librarians. This volume takes you through all the stages of the UX Process, from research, to data mapping and analysis, to idea generation and finally prototyping and iteration. Written by former librarian and experienced UX trainer and consultant Andy Priestner, it is intended for use by all library staff regardless of previous experience and seeks to place the user at the heart of library service development and delivery."--

User Experience (UX) Design for Libraries

Author: Aaron Schmidt
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 1555708420
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
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.

Useful, Usable, Desirable

Author: Aaron Schmidt
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN: 9780838912263
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Useful, useable, desirable: like three legs of a stool, if your library is missing the mark on any one of these it's bound to wobble.

Usability Testing

Author: Rebecca Blakiston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442229004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 149

Book Description
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 goals Select a usability testing method appropriate for your particular context Plan for an in-house usability test Conduct an effective in-house usability test Analyze usability test results and make decisions based on those results Create 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.

Library Signage and Wayfinding Design

Author: Mark Aaron Polger
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN: 9780838937853
Category : Library signs
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
"This book provides tips and best practices for developing better library signage and provides guidance for creating a signage strategy"--

Studying Students

Author: Nancy Fried Foster
Publisher: Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
ISBN: 0838984371
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
In particular, we were interested in how students write their research papers and what services, resources, and facilities would be most useful to them. The information collected in this study would guide the libraries' efforts to improve library facilities, reference outreach, and the libraries' Web presence. - Introduction.

College Libraries and Student Culture

Author: Lynda M. Duke
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838911161
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
How do college students really conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to try to answer that question. The resulting ongoing study has already yielded some eye-opening results. The findings suggest changes ranging from simple adjustments in service and resources to modifying the physical layout of the library. In this book Duke and Asher, two anthropological researchers involved with the project since the beginning, Summarize the study's history, including its goals, parameters, and methodology Offer a comprehensive discussion of the research findings, touching on issues such as website design, library instruction for faculty, and meeting the needs of commuter and minority students Detail a number of service reforms which have already been implemented at the participating institutions This important book deepens our understanding of how academic libraries can better serve students’ needs, and also serves as a model for other researchers interested in a user-centered approach to evaluating library services.

Designing Effective Library Learning Spaces in Higher Education

Author: Enakshi Sengupta
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839097825
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Traditional roles of higher education are giving way to academic partnership, research and open resources. Libraries play a key role to serve as a gateway to information and to promote intellectual discovery among students. This book explores the relevant issues and strategies library science partnerships initiate with stakeholders in the field.