(Fwd) (Fwd) IOLUG Spring Meeting--at IUPUI University Library

[kkaneshi at indyvax.iupui.edu]

Indiana Online Users Group  Spring Meeting
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Friday April 25, 1997

You may have a home page, but how well can your users navigate it?
--Have you incorporated the principles of good design?
--Have you tested your page for usability?
--Does your page conform to ADA guidelines?

Join Your Colleagues for the Indiana Online Users Group  Spring
meeting. "FACE TO INTERFACE: IMPROVING YOUR WEB PAGE DESIGN,"
Friday, April 25, 1997, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis,
University Library.

Agenda

 9:00 am    Registration and continental breakfast

 9:30       Welcome and IOLUG business meeting

10:30      Program
 * Christine Fitzpatrick, IUPUI, will address visual design
principles for computer interfaces and various types of usability
testing.

 * Sharon Hay, IUPUI Library, will discuss the process of redesigning
the IUPUI Library home page and her use of a simple usability test
which can be replicated easily by other libraries at little or no
charge

 * Wade Wingler, Crossroads Rehabilitation, will discuss the ADA
aspects of designing a web site and software which can "read" web
pages for the visually impaired.

1:00 p.m.     Lunch on your own at the IUPUI food court

2:00     Breakout sessions
 * Additional methodologies for usability testing
 * More on adaptive technologies
Critique your web site--put Sharon's technique into action
 * Critique commercial library database interfaces--help evaluate
competing products

3:30     Wrap up and Door Prizes

Parking: IUPUI North Street Garage, cost $5.00.
See IUPUI  map at:
    http://www.iupui.edu/home/maptest.html
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REGISTRATION FORM

Name:
Institution:
Address:
Phone:
Email:

   Please mark 1st and 2nd choices for breakout sessions

   ____ Additional methodologies for usability testing
   ____ Critique your website
   ____ More on adaptive technologies
   ____ Critique commercial library database interfaces


____ I require Americans with Disabilities Act special assistance on
site

Cost on or before April 18, 1997, is $13 for IOLUG members, $18 for
guests.
Late registration (after April 18, 1997) is $18 for IOLUG members,
$23 for guests.

New memberships received by April 18 will be honored through June 30,
1988.

Make checks payable to Indiana Online Users Group.

Mail to Larry Baerveldt,
IOLUG Membership Chair,
1165 E. Telegraph Rd,
Madison, IN, 47250.
email: BAERVELDT at Hanover.edu

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posted by:

Kellie Kaneshiro, Senior Reference Librarian
Ruth Lilly Medical Library          phone:317-274-1612 
975 West Walnut Street, IB 100      fax:  317-274-2088
Indianapolis, IN  46202-5121    email: kkaneshi at iupui.edu