Evaluate and Improve Your Library Website in 10 Steps (Part 1)

EVALUATE & IMPROVE YOUR LIBRARY WEBSITE IN 10 STEPS PART ONE:USABILITY & CONVENTIONS AMANDA ETCHES AARON SCHMIDT

USABLEUSEFULDESIRABLE

USER GAP

USER RESEARCH

OPINIONS

USABILITY ANDCONVENTIONS

NAVIGATION SCOPE REWRITEMOBILE FIRST ITERATION

NAVIGATION

WHERE AM I?WHERE CAN I GO?WHAT CAN I DO?HOW DO I SEARCH?

BE CONSISTENT

WARNING!

MATCH LABELS & PAGE NAMES

USEBREADCRUMBS

NAVIGATIONRESEMBLES YOURORG CHART?YOU’RE DOING ITWRONG!

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SIGNAL:NOISE

SMALLER IS BETTER

LESS IS LESS

PARTICIPATORY DESTINATION BASIC

!DESIGN FOR CRITICAL TASKS

REWRITE YOUR SITE

How do you feel about reading this text?This might be a perfectly acceptable wayto write a research paper or novel butwebsites aren’t for reading. Sorry tobreak it to you. People don’t want toread your website. They want to findyour information. They’re on a missionand all of the extra text you’re putting onthe screen is getting in the way of lettingthem accomplish their goals.

FUNCTIONALREADING

REMOVEUNNECESSARY WORDS

REMOVEWORDS

WARNING!

MOBILE FIRST

RESPONSINATOR

READ THIS

ITERATE

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Library closed Tuesday, November 11th

THIS TOO

“CONVENTIONAL” SITES

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THANKS!! AMANDA ETCHES AARON SCHMIDT [email protected]

Evaluate and Improve Your Library Website in 10 Steps (Part 1)

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