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Hi Josh, I am also interested in helping if I can. Niqui O'Neill Digital Technologies Development Librarian NCSU Libraries On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:40 AM Jacob Ratliff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I would be interested in helping if I can. > > Thanks, > > Jacob Ratliff > UX Specialist > The Mathworks > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:37 AM Shaun D. Ellis <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Hi Josh, > > I see this as a complicated project for a number of reasons, but I also > > think it would be valuable to aggregate our collective UX research and > I'm > > definitely interested in exploring it. > > > > If we get a critical mass of interested folks at the Code4Lib national > > conference this year, perhaps we can start to discuss > > details/goals/challenges in person at one of the Breakout Sessions ( > > https://wiki.code4lib.org/Code4Lib2019_Breakout_Sessions)? > > > > Shaun Ellis > > Digital Collections User Interface Developer > > Princeton University Library > > > > > > On 1/3/19, 12:41 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Jeanine E Finn" < > > [log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > I would be interested in collaborating in some way as well. I’d > > especially like to see some documentation for some qualitative usability > > approaches (focus groups, interviews, etc.) since I think those tend to > get > > short shrift in some of the existing material. > > > > Jeanine > > ------------------------------------------- > > Jeanine Finn > > Data Science and Digital Scholarship Coordinator > > The Claremont Colleges Library > > 800 North Dartmouth Ave. | Claremont, CA 91711 > > (909) 607-7958 | [log in to unmask] > > Pronouns: she/her/hers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 3, 2019, at 8:41 AM, Andrew L Hickner < > [log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Joshua, > > > > > > I have thought about this for years. I would be very much > interested > > in collaborating on such an effort. > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy Hickner, MSI > > > Health Sciences Librarian > > > Seton Hall University | Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus > > > [log in to unmask] | 1-973-542-6973 > > > http://library.shu.edu/ihs > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of > > Gomez, Joshua > > > Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 11:32 AM > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Usability and A/B test results clearinghouse > > > > > > I am wondering if there exists some kind of clearinghouse of data > > from usability tests and A/B tests on digital libraries and archives. Or, > > if such a thing does not exist, if members from this community would be > > interested in building one with me. > > > > > > I’m sure many results have been published in papers in various > > journals or blog posts. But what I had in mind was an accumulation of > many > > such results into a central place, so that it would be possible to > quickly > > lookup and answer questions like “which facets/filters are used most or > > least?” or “which layouts of complex objects result in more > > images/bitstreams being viewed/streamed?” and so on. The general goal is > to > > build up an evidence-based set of design patterns for digital library > > interfaces. > > > > > > I already have strong opinions about some of these questions, but I > > would like data to back them up before acting on them. For instance, I > > think the consistent use of author and subject fields in faceted search > is > > an antipattern. Any field with more than a few dozen possible terms seems > > unusable (to me) in faceted search. I think it would be much better to > use > > type-ahead search for data in these fields and use facets/filters only on > > simpler fields like date, language, or resource type. But these are just > > opinions and I would like some proof. > > > > > > I could run my own tests locally, and I intend to, but I would feel > > more confident if I saw consistent results from multiple institutions. > And > > I don’t think I need to convince anyone subscribing to this list about > the > > merits of working collaboratively and sharing knowledge. > > > > > > So if you know of something like this, please point me to it. Or if > > you are interested in putting something like this together, please get in > > touch. > > > > > > Joshua Gomez > > > Head of Software Development & Library Systems UCLA Library > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > > >