Evaluate and Improve Your Library Website in 10 Steps (Part 1)
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EVALUATE & IMPROVE YOUR LIBRARY WEBSITE IN 10 STEPS
AARON SCHMIDTAMANDA ETCHES
USABILITY & CONVENTIONS
PART ONE:
USEFUL
USABLE
DESIRABLE
USER GAP
USER RESEARCH
OPINIONS
USABILITYAND
CONVENTIONS
SCOPE
NAVIGATION
ITERATION
REWRITE
MOBILE FIRST
NAVIGATION
WHERE AM I?WHERE CAN I GO?WHAT CAN I DO?HOW DO I SEARCH?
BE CONSISTENT
WARNING!
WARNING!
WARNING!
WARNING!
MATCH LABELS &
PAGE NAMES
USE BREADCRUMBS
NAVIGATION RESEMBLES YOUR ORG CHART?
YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!
SCOPE
JUNK DRAWER SYNDROME
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SIGNAL:NOISE
SMALLERIS
BETTER
LESS IS LESS
BASIC
DESTINATION
PARTICIPATORY
!DESIGN FOR CRITICAL TASKS
REWRITE YOURSITE
How do you feel about reading this text? This might be a perfectly acceptable way to write a research paper or novel but websites aren’t for reading. Sorry to break it to you. People don’t want to read your website. They want to find your information. They’re on a mission and all of the extra text you’re putting on the screen is getting in the way of letting them accomplish their goals.
FUNCTIONALREADING
REMOVE UNNECESSARY
WORDS
REMOVE WORDS
WARNING!
MOBILE FIRST
RESPONSINATOR
READ THIS
ITERATE
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“CONVENTIONAL”SITES
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THANKS!!
AARON SCHMIDTAMANDA ETCHES