Institutional permission/approval for usability testing?

[Alexander Sonsteby]

Hi, all,


I am writing to ask how many of your libraries have sought institutional review board (IRB)/human subject review board (HSRB) approval to conduct informal usability testing on your libraries' websites. By "informal" I mean that you don't record your test subjects, track their names or other personal identifiers (like student ID numbers) in a database, etc.


I realize that this may be a sensitive topic for some, so feel free to write me off-list if you prefer.


Thank you,

Alec


Alec Sonsteby, M.S.
Associate Professor and Reference & Instruction Librarian

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Metropolitan State University
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2014-10-20
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