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User Experience Librarian University of Guelph Guelph Working collaboratively in a team-based environment and reporting to the Head, Discovery Access, the User Experience Librarian leads the exploration into user behaviours, expectations,and needs in evolving academic, technological and information environments, and assessesthe impact of user services (technology-based and in-person) on Library users. He or sheemploys user experience principles and practices when conducting analyses and assessmentsand participates in the design and development of new user services to ensure initiatives focuson user success and enhancing the user experience. He or she works collaboratively with theother strategic teams in the library to understand the user experience and to ensure that designof services and facilities considers a holistic suite of measures to create useful, usable,desirable, findable, accessible, credible, and valuable user experiences. The User Experience Librarian will be project lead on investigations into user behaviour andneeds,\ working in conjunction with the various strategic teams in the Library, and in consultationwith the Head, Discovery and Access. This work primarily involves conducting studies andresearch into user behaviours, expectations, and needs and making recommendations on theevolution of our services and facilities, with the primary goal of facilitating the enhancement ofuser productivity and success by improving the overall user experience. The User ExperienceLibrarian also plans, coordinates, and conducts usability testing to ensure that web- basedresources, services, user interfaces, and the built environment of the Library, are usable and\enhance the user experience. The User Experience Librarian will report on the results ofstudies, communicate those results to groups, individuals, or functional teams, and assist theappropriate staff in understanding and applying the results of those studies. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/23268/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/