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Discovering discovery: lessons learnt from a usability study at the University of Liverpool Cover

Discovering discovery: lessons learnt from a usability study at the University of Liverpool

Open Access
|Nov 2016

Abstract

In 2015 the University of Liverpool’s Library Service embarked upon a three-part usability study to better understand how library users were engaging with our resource discovery platform, to identify any usability issues and assess the extent to which it was currently meeting their needs. Doing so enabled us to make informed, evidence-based changes to the interface, improving its overall usability and providing a more user-friendly and intuitive resource. In this paper we will detail not only the methodologies employed, what we found out about our users, what they liked and disliked and the changes subsequently made, but also the lessons learnt about the platform, the process itself and ourselves. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.320 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2016
Accepted on: Sep 14, 2016
Published on: Nov 4, 2016
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2016 Jeff Woods, Elizabeth Gillespie, Catherine McManamon, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.