Category Archives: Usability

What do users need?

Posted on August 21, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Delivery Methodology, Research, Usability | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Lately I find myself pursuing clarity on how we should efficiently and effectively provide primary source materials online. Without a better feedback loop, how can we possibly address this issue? The panel I chaired (Exploring the User Experience with Digital … Continue reading →

Advanced Acumen Searching

Posted on January 15, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Acumen, Delivery Methodology, Usability | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Acumen is big. Very big. And it’s getting bigger.  I’m pointing this out because when databases like Acumen get big, they become impossible to search through manually. Generally speaking, one can’t just browse casually through thousands and thousands of folder directories and … Continue reading →

What do researchers need?

Posted on November 16, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Delivery Methodology, Usability | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Since we’re in the business of providing online access to primary source (unpublished!) materials, it only makes sense to wonder how effectively researchers can use our content. However, since most digital library interfaces share many commonalities — search, browse, results … Continue reading →