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It’s There, But Can You Find It?
Usability Testing the Archive-It Public InterfaceArchive-It Mid-Atlantic User GroupIIPC WAC 2018
Alexis Antracoli, Princeton UniversitySumitra Duncan, Frick Art Reference Library
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Some background
▷ Archive-It Mid-Atlantic (AITMA) User Group
▷ Cross-institutional research team▷ Conducted literature review and
compiled resources▷ Recruited 14 participants from key
constituencies
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Developing test script/tasks
▷ Adapted test script shared by Princeton University Libraries
▷ Straightforward tasks, with obvious pass/fail outcomes
▷ Institutional examples
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Pass
Pass with difficulty
Fail
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Tools of Analysis
http://creative-commons-
images.com/handwriting/a/analysis.html
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What did we learn?
http://www.thebluediamondga
llery.com/wooden-
tile/r/results.html
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Recommendations
▷ Develop a more comprehensive one-search box
▷ Add metadata for videos▷ Add tool tips or a glossary to explain
potentially unfamiliar terms▷ Standardize data formats▷ Hide some metadata fields that are less
helpful to users
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Additional Contributors
▷ Samantha Abrams○ [email protected]
▷ Rachel Appel○ [email protected]○ @frecklewars
▷ Celia Caust-Ellenbogen○ [email protected]
▷ Sarah Denison○ [email protected]○ @sarahbdenison
▷ Stefanie Ramsay○ [email protected]○ @stefanieramsay
Clipart acknowledgments: Jørgen Stamp, created for www.digitalbevaring.dk (Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Denmark license)The Noun Project, https://thenounproject.com/
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Questions
Alexis Antracoli
Sumitra Duncan