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]>
> >     >
> >
> >
> >
>