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Project Overview

• Full Name of Project: AquaBrowser User Experience
• Project Tag: aquabrowserux
• Project Descriptions (how would you describe this project to your neighbour?):
• short: To create a case study of AquaBrowser User Experience through user research and usability studies involving library users and staff.
• long: The project aims to evaluate the user experience of the University of Edinburgh AquaBrowser service. This involves holistic evaluation centred on both the fundamental and practical use aspects of resource discovery. First, user research will be undertaken through user interviews and field studies to develop library personas and to examine the user perspectives and recommendations of AquaBrowser. Usability testing will subsequently be carried out to examine the efficacy of AquaBrowser user interface.
• problem it solves?:
• Project Outputs/Products/Deliverables (what thing are you producing?):
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• 2

Project Details

• Name of Host Institution: University of Edinburgh
• Department: National e-Science Centre
• Address: NeSC Office Old College Room B.16, Edinburgh University Library, EH8 9YL
• JISC Programme/Strand: INF11 / jiscLMS / Strand A
• Length of Project: 6 Months
• Project Start Date: 19/04/2010
• Project End Date: 15/10/2010
• Grant Awarded to Project: £8660

Project Team

• Project Director:
• Project Manager: Boon Low, Project Manager, Developer (UoE NeSC)
• Developer: Boon Low, Project Manager, Developer (UoE NeSC)
• Account Manager: ?
• Partners:
• Consultants:
• Lorraine Paterson, Usability Analyst (UoE NeSC)
• Liza Zamboglou, Usability Consultant (Senior Manager, UoE IS)
• David Hamill, Usability Consultant (Freelance)
• Wilma Alexander, Usability Consultant (e-Learning Services Manager, UoE IS)
• Giannis Tsakonas, Evaluation Advisor (Dlib, Ionian University)

boon.low@ed.ac.uk, l.paterson@nesc.ac.uk, Liza.Zamboglou@ed.ac.uk, david@goodusability.co.uk, Wilma.Alexander@ed.ac.uk, john@lis.upatras.gr

Documentation

• Project Blog: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=5c4f2c6809c9b91018d8e74eb2dfd366
• Feed: http://bit.ly/aquabrowseruxfeeds
• Code Repository: http://github.com/boonious
• Technical Documentation: http://github.com/boonious
• End User Documentation:
• Analytics Engine: Google Analytics
• Project Website: https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/ux2/AquaBrowserUX
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