(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President)<\/p>\n
IOLUG Spring 2016 Conference — DIY UX: Innovate. Create. Design.
\nFriday, May 20th, 2016
\nIndiana Wesleyan University North Campus
\n3777 Priority Way, Indianapolis, IN 46240<\/p>\n
Keynote Speaker: Suzanne Chapman, User Experience Librarian at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n
The IOLUG Program Committee is inviting proposals around the theme of improving user experience. What strategies and\/or tools do you use to make library resources, webpages, spaces, marketing materials, etc. more user-friendly? What has proven successful for your organization? What problems surrounding user experience have you encountered, and what solutions have you devised? What best practices or recent research can you share about user experience?<\/p>\n
We encourage presentations that are practical, hands-on, and include take-awayable tools, techniques, and\/or strategies that librarians can implement to improve their resources and services for students, patrons, faculty, etc.<\/p>\n
Analytics (perhaps on a shoestring budget?)
\nCOUNTER\/SUSHI improvements
\nBranding and marketing
\nUsing data to make decisions in online and\/or physical libraries
\nHuman-centered design
\nImproving digital services and resources
\nExploring\/seeking feedback on user experiences
\nAttitudinal and behavioral user research — ethnographic studies
\nObservation and storytelling — participant observation, usability
\nSmall scale UX projects
\nVisual ethnography — photo studies, cognitive mapping, etc.
\nNeeds assessments<\/p>\n
Please specify in your proposal whether users will be expected to bring their own devices, or if you will need the use of a computer lab.<\/p>\n
Deadline is Friday, March 11th!!<\/p>\n