[OPLINLIST] How User-Friendly is Your Website? Workshop in Germantown, Ohio

[SWON Libraries]

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  How User-Friendly is Your Website?
  Testing and Evaluating the Web from the User's Perspective
  <http://www.swonlibraries.org/viewevent?id=1080>


      Date

Thursday, May 31st, 2007


      Time

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.


      Location

Germantown Public Library
51 North Plum Street
Germantown, OH 45327


      Speaker(s)

Dr. Cheng is Assistant Professor in the Columbus Program of the School 
of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. She teaches 
courses in the foundations of library and information science, 
organization of information, and research methods. She will be teaching 
two new courses (Technology and E-publishing) and the Usability Testing 
workshop in the coming school year.

Her research interests includes information seeking, human-computer 
interaction, web usability, and scholarly communication. She holds a 
B.A. degree in Humanities from the National Taiwan University in Taiwan 
and received her MLS and Ph.D. in Information Science from Indiana 
University.


      Description

The goal of this workshop is to introduce fundamental concepts, 
principles, and techniques for user testing and evaluation on the Web. 
We will cover various methods, including heuristics, user/needs 
analysis, and task analysis. Techniques for data collection and 
analysis, along with report creation and presentation will also be covered.

Participants will gain hands-on experience with usability testing 
methods and procedure. Upon completion of this class, participants will 
be able to understand the methods and techniques for conducting 
usability testing and will have gained hands-on experience with 
usability testing methods.


      Meal

Light snacks will be provided


      Audience

This class is open to all library professionals and staff.


      Contributing Member of SWON Libraries

$35


      Friend of SWON Libraries

$35


      Contributing Member of NEO-RLS, NORWELD, or SERLS

$35


      Other

$70

The deadline to register is Monday, May 28th, 2007



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