Library Cataloging
Library-Usability is a new Web log with the admirable mission to "help make libraries work better for everybody."
- Opac Design
Catalog by Design | The User Experience by Aaron Schmidt appeared in the latest Library Journal. It has created quite a heated exchange on AUTOCAT. Aside from paying very little attention to visual design and not caring about the impact of horrible typography,...
- 2011 Library Blog Awards
Salem press is sponsoring the 2011 Library Blog Awards. Nominate your favorite. Blogs about libraries continue to spread across the web, with hundreds of people writing about books, libraries, and related subjects. Last year Salem Press set out on a mission...
- Ieee Tcdl Bulletin
The 1st issue of the on-line journal IEEE TCDL Bulletin by the IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries is now available. Articles include:Usability of Digital Libraries: A Source of Creative Tensions with Technical Developments Ann Blandford and...
- Library Terms
Library Terms That Users Understand by John Kupersmith can help users access materials with fewer problems.The purpose of this site is to help library web developers decide how to label key resources and services in such a way that most users can understand...
- Indexing
Improving Usability with a Website Index by Fred Leise.Indexes are important information-finding tools that can enhance website usability. They offer easy scanning for finding known items, they provide entry points to content using the users? own vocabulary...
Library Cataloging
New 'Blog
Library-Usability is a new Web log with the admirable mission to "help make libraries work better for everybody."
library-usability.org is dedicated to the idea that libraries are critical to our communities. But to help people meet their needs, libraries must be usable in every facet of their service. Usability is about more than just software. It's about helping people accomplish their goals, and library usability asks: what can we do to help people in the way we operate, in the way we publish, in the way we deliver service, and in the way we use technology?Seen at several 'blogs.
- Opac Design
Catalog by Design | The User Experience by Aaron Schmidt appeared in the latest Library Journal. It has created quite a heated exchange on AUTOCAT. Aside from paying very little attention to visual design and not caring about the impact of horrible typography,...
- 2011 Library Blog Awards
Salem press is sponsoring the 2011 Library Blog Awards. Nominate your favorite. Blogs about libraries continue to spread across the web, with hundreds of people writing about books, libraries, and related subjects. Last year Salem Press set out on a mission...
- Ieee Tcdl Bulletin
The 1st issue of the on-line journal IEEE TCDL Bulletin by the IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries is now available. Articles include:Usability of Digital Libraries: A Source of Creative Tensions with Technical Developments Ann Blandford and...
- Library Terms
Library Terms That Users Understand by John Kupersmith can help users access materials with fewer problems.The purpose of this site is to help library web developers decide how to label key resources and services in such a way that most users can understand...
- Indexing
Improving Usability with a Website Index by Fred Leise.Indexes are important information-finding tools that can enhance website usability. They offer easy scanning for finding known items, they provide entry points to content using the users? own vocabulary...