Dartmouth October Conference

[Karen V. Odato]

Cross posted.  Please excuse the duplication.

Dartmouth College's Biomedical Libraries invite you to attend our fifth
annual October Conference for New England Librarians:

"Web Usability:  Does Your Site Work?"

The date and time: Thursday, October 25, 2001. 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
The location: Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, at Dartmouth College in beautiful Hanover, New Hampshire (an easy two-hour drive from Boston, Springfield MA, and many other New England locations)
The cost: $35 (includes lunch, refreshments, and parking fees)

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The program:


The keynote:   "Toward a Usable Web: Striving for the Ordinary"
Sarah Horton, Instructional Technology Specialist in Academic Computing at Dartmouth College and author of "Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites" (Yale University Press, 2000) and co-author of "Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites: (Yale University Press, 1999)

"Usability Testing: Using Task-Oriented Testing to Improve the Redesign of a Library Web Site"
Daisy Benson, Reference and Instruction Librarian; Laurie Kutner, Reference and Instruction Librarian; Trina Magi, Reference and Instruction Librarian; and Peter Spitzform, Collection Development Librarian; Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont

"Usability Testing for Web OPACs: MIT Libraries' Experience"
Nicole Hennig, Web Manager, MIT Libraries

"Responding to User Experience in the Design of Interactive Tutorials"
Robert Vander Hart, Web Site Manager, and Peg Spinner, Reference Librarian/Instructional Services, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School

"Can Professional Designers Make Your Web Site Work?"
Holly Grossetta Nardini, Service Quality Support Director and Karen M. Reardon, Manager of Workstation Support, Yale University Library

"Ask the User! Intuitive Bundling Techniques for Patron-Driven Navigation"
Rachel Zyirek, Reference Librarian and Jane Cloran, Reference Librarian, Babson College

"Accessible Design: Just Do It"
Sarah Horton, Instructional Technology Specialist in Academic Computing at Dartmouth College and author of "Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites" (Yale University Press, 2000) and co-author of "Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites: (Yale University Press, 1999)

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Please register early to avoid disappointment; registration is limited.

For more information please check our website
<http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/services.htmld/conf2001.html>
or contact karen.odato at dartmouth.edu (603-650-8562). Information about
our previous October Conferences is available at
<http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/services.htmld/#conferences>.

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To register, please print and mail the following registration form with a
check for $35 (payable to Dartmouth College; $35 fee includes lunch,
refreshments, and parking fees) to:

Beth Bryden
Matthews-Fuller Library, B5L5
DHMC - 1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756

[PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY!!]

Name_________________________________________

Title__________________________________________

Institution______________________________________

Address________________________________________

______________________________________________

Phone__________________________________________

Email Address____________________________________

____  Check here if you'll need a parking permit

We will confirm your registration by email and send a registration packet
(including map, directions, and parking permit} via US mail.