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We have been lucky to have a full time interaction designer within our library IT group for about 6 years. It makes a world of difference in the quality of our products; it also helps with letting the engineers focus on engineering, and the librarians focus on being librarians (rather than trying to design for patrons). - Tom On Oct 30, 2013, at 8:24 AM, Andrew Darby wrote: > Hello, all. This is perhaps a bit off-topic, but I was wondering how many > of you have a dedicated usability person as part of your development team. > Right now, we have a sort of ad hoc Usability Team, and I'd like to make a > pitch for hiring someone who will have the time and inclination to manage > this effort more effectively. > > Anything you'd care to share (on-list or off-) would be welcome. I'm > especially curious about whether or not this is a full-time responsibility > for someone in your organization or if it's shared with another job > function; if you find this position is working out well or you wish you'd > spent the money on more robots instead; where this person resides in your > org chart; what sort of qualifications you looked for when hiring; etc. > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Darby > Head, Web & Emerging Technologies > University of Miami Libraries