[WEB4LIB] RE: Suggestions for usability studies

[Ellen Andes]

I second the Don't Make Me Think book.  Here are a couple of web sites that
I also found to be useful.
http://www.infodesign.com.au/usability/cardsorting.html and
http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/webgroup/project.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Karen G. Schneider [mailto:kgs at bluehighways.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 3:32 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Suggestions for usability studies


:We are about to embark on a redesign of you library web page, and I
thought I might ask
:for some seasoned assistance. Can anyone recommend some book or
relevant sources for
:conducting user/focus groups? This will be my first time doing this
(other than a class
:project in Grad school), so any comments/experiences would be useful.
:

A personal favorite: Don't Make Me Think.
http://www.sensible.com/buythebook.html

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