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Librarians Do It Differently Library Assessment Conference, October 26, 2010
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Librarians Do It Differently
Library Assessment Conference, October 26, 2010
COMPARATIVE USABILITY TESTING
WITH STUDENTS & LIBRARY STAFF
Nancy Turner, Syracuse University Library
Method
Locate the book Beloved by Toni Morrison. Is this book available for you to
check out of the Library?
Locate an electronic journal in the subject of psychology.
Find a multi-media item, like a video, for a presentation you are doing on
health and the college student.
Find and access the full text of an article from the online journal Nature.
Show me how you might locate first-hand accounts or primary resources
(diaries, newspaper articles) by people who worked on the Erie Canal
(1840-1860).
SELECTION OF SEARCH TOOLS
SYNTAX USED FOR SEARCHING
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE of LIBRARY
RESOURCE ORGANIZATION and
REPRESENTATION
LEVEL OF PERSISTENCE
IMPLICATIONS FOR WEB REDESIGN
IMPLICATIONS FOR REFERENCE &
INSTRUCTION
Is this a
known item or
a subject
search?
Is this a
search or
something
else?
