RE DUX

Brown Bag Update | June 4th, 2014

Survey for Website Visitors (#4869)

Under-grads use

the website

for…

Grads use the website

for…

Faculty use the website

for…

Staff & public

use the website

for…

Resources users look for:

When conducting research:

Information ArchitectureSome refinements and next steps

open card sort

competitive analysis

closed card sort

updated informatio

n architectur

e

tree tasks

Tree coverage graph

The content audit:Documenting & evaluating our current web pages.

We have a lot of content…

666 pagesand counting…

We have a lot of content…

44 pagesto delete now

We have a lot of content…

30% pagesrelate to primary or secondary tasks

We have a lot of content…

20% pagesrated poorly forusability

Next Steps

25% pagesrated poorly forrelevance

Analytic Data

16% pages1000+ unique views

20% pages< 100 unique views

Next Steps

Filling in content managers/providers

Reviewing audit with content managers

Identifying content thatcan be deleted

Prioritizing content revisions

Learn about content strategy

Lessons learned at Confab 2014Friday, June 6,

1-2 pm.Room A314.

Staff DirectoryNow including real people!

redux.library.arizona.edu/people

“Databases” SprintReplacing the database of databases

redux.library.arizona.edu/databases

• Emily wants to find databases related to environmental science (#5698)

• Brandon wants to find GIS data sets (#5756)• Brandon wants to find maps (#5965)• Brandon wants to find ebooks (#5515)• Brandon wants to find a dissertation (#5966)• Renee wants to browse streaming films (#5711)• Renee wants to find music to use in her class

(#5967)• Chey wants to find a newspaper article (#5714)• Elle wants to help a student find a play for a

theater class (#5715)• Emily wants to search for images of hawks (#5964)

• Brandon wants to find GeoBase (#5697)

• Renee wants to evaluate a trial database (#5979)

• Renee wants to see new databases in Dance (#6104

New Homepage Search

Usability Testing Results

Task 1: Find a Book

Scenario: You want to find a book to read over the summer. Where would you start & what would you do?

100% successful on first attempt4 out of 4 searched Summon or Catalog

Task 2: Find a specific database

Scenario: Your professor told you to use JStor to find articles for your research paper. How could you go about doing that?

75-100% successful3 out of 4 went to the databases tab 1 searched the website2 wanted to go to Search & Find first (had used the website before)

Task 3: Find a Specific Journal-NY Times

Scenario: You want to find out if the library has the New York Times. How would you do that?

75% successful2 went to the Journal tab and typed New York Times, 1 went to Summon/Catalog1 went to Databases tab and clicked, “N”

Task 4: Search the website

Scenario: You want to find out what software is installed on library computers and didn’t have any luck looking around on the website. How would you search to find this information?

100% successful

Everyone went to “Our Website.”3 of 4 did this on first attempt, one said he would call on the phone first

Task 5: Find databases by subject

Scenario: Your professor told you the library has subject-specific search tools for finding articles in particular disciplines. You want to see all of the search engines the library has related to Marketing. How would you do this?

75% successful2 went to the Databases tab and used the “Browse by Subject” option, 1 typed “Marketing” in the search box1 went to “Our Website”

What did you think of the searching options? Do you think you would be able to do research easily from this website?

Appreciate that searching options are located in a central location on the homepage.

It is easier to switch between searching for different kinds of items.

Searching options are simple.

Tabs make research easier.

Seems straightforward.

Similar to old website.

Easy to conduct research.

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“Spikes”

“Bug collection” spike

Upcoming spikes

• DX (Developer Experience)• CMX (Content Manager Experience)• Research for next sprint

Upcoming Sprints

Equipment lending

Hours

Tutorials

Events

Research by Subject(Subject Guides)

Research by Course(Course Guides)

Search

Remember to check out our blog

code.library.arizona.edu/blogs

Next Brown Bag:

Wednesday, July 2nd. 12-1pm.Room A314.

Questions

Main Website Redux

redux@u.library.arizona.edu