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

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

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