Design and Usability Workshop in Oklahoma

Library Website Design and Usability Workshop
 
This will be a practical and hands-on workshop designed to
teach
participants to apply key website design and usability
testing
principles to library website design. Participants will
complete
exercises in creating usability test plans and scripts,
running a
usability test, and performing website design reviews. 

Outline:

*	Why usability is important 
*	Understanding your users: the key to success 
*	Planning your usability test 
*	Running your usability test 
*	Key principles of library website design 

Instructor: 

Chris Jasek, User Centered Design Manager, Elsevier 

Chris Jasek has a Masters Degree in Human Factors
Engineering and a BS
in Computer Science from the University of Illinois. He has
worked for
10 years in the field of user-centered design for LexisNexis
and
Elsevier. In his present position as User Centered Design
Manager, he
helped form the Elsevier User Centered Design Group and
integrate the
UCD process into the organization. He has researched user
needs and
worked on the user interface design for many products, such
as
nexis.com, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Meridian and ENCompass. 

Date/Location:
 
September 5, 2007
Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, OK
 
Cost:
 
Amigos members Early Bird (before August 14): $275
Amigos members: $300
Non-members Early Bird (before August 14): $415
Non-members: $440
 
Registration:
 
http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/s
hopping/product_details.php?id=2
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For more information, please contact Christine Peterson at
800-843-8482
x2891, 512-671-1580 or petersonamigos.org.
 
Christine Peterson
Continuing Education Librarian, Technology
Amigos Library Services, Inc.
14400 Midway Road
Dallas, TX  75244-3509
www.amigos.org
petersonamigos.org
 
 

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