Project Plan: Searching the UCI Library Website Wael Alkowaileet, Boaz Gurdin, Yifan Ying, Qinglin Xia Oct 13, 2011

Library Website Homepage

Library Website Homepage Ask a Librarian The Melvyl Search Tool The Find Section Link you to the database Catalogue Featured Resource Give you recommendation on featured database

Problem ? Librarians Faculty Databases Students

Problem Librarians Faculty 1213213 Students Databases Library Homepage

User types General Humanities Science Medical Business UnderGrad Grad Faculty Librarian

Researchers Librarians User types General Humanities Science Medical Business UnderGrad Grad Faculty Librarian Researchers Librarians

Interviewing librarians Schedule We have done: We are going to do: Interviewing librarians Usability test 1 Improve the Design Focus group Google analytics Final Presentation Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Competitive analysis Paper prototype Website prototype Heuristic evaluation Cognitive walkthrough Finish librarian interviews Refine project goals Get last year’s survey Usability test 2 Improve the Design

Summary Problem Methods Time Plan Interviews Focus-Groups Regular-user/Power-user => Researchers/Librarians Methods Time Plan Pairs, Everybody participates Heuristic Evaluation of Prototypes Interviews Google-Analytics Iterative Usability Test Focus-Groups Cognitive Walkthrough

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