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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]> > > > > >