Redesigning for usability: Information architecture and usability testing for Georgia Tech Library's website
OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives
ISSN: 1065-075X
Article publication date: 1 September 2005
Abstract
Purpose
To describe the efforts by the Georgia Institute of Technology Library to keep its website relevant and current by incorporating user testing, both outsourced and in‐house.
Design/methodology/approach
A chronological history of the Library's web presence with a discussion of how user testing was conducted with a vendor and how future testing will be conducted by the Library itself.
Findings
Illustrates issues the Georgia Institute of Technology Library has faced in regards to its website in the past, and future plans to test the site to maintain currency and strive to meet the users' needs.
Originality/value
This paper offers practical information for undertaking usability testing of a library website.
Keywords
Citation
Jeffcoat King, H. and Jannik, C.M. (2005), "Redesigning for usability: Information architecture and usability testing for Georgia Tech Library's website", OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 235-243. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650750510612425
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited