Services/Departments/Libraries Organization - Card Sorting

The goal for these tests was to determine how users categorized a sample of pages currently grouped under Services, Departments and Libraries on the Library Gateway to see if there might be better ways to group and label these items.Usability GroupUsability Task Forcehttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/1/libs-svces-depts-card-sort-report.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/2/faculty_interview_1.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/3/faculty_interview_2.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/4/faculty_optimalsort.csvhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/5/grad_notes.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/6/grad_optimalsort.csvhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/7/staff_optimalsort_compiled_data.xlshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106785/8/student_compiled_data.xl

Search/Browse - Informal "Guerilla" Test

The gateway provides options for users to search or browse the content of the site. The results pages for these features sort resources into different sections by type. The goal for this test was to determine the order of the headings on the search results page and the browse results pageUsability GroupUsability Task Forcehttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106788/1/Search_Browse.pd