{"id":7,"date":"2016-09-26T11:49:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T10:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isux\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2019-09-20T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T11:39:42","slug":"ux-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isux\/ux-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"UX resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This <a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/kent\/lists\/F1372B0A-7358-3F5F-9BF5-7F73EF6C6D95.html?lang=en-US\">list is now in the Kent reading list system<\/a>, with direct links to LibrarySearch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Short introductions to UX in libraries<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ned-potter.com\/ux-in-libraries-resource-list\">Structured introduction to UX and ethnography by Ned Potter<\/a> (reflecting York University\u2019s approach to UX in libraries)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uxlib.org\/\">UXLibs<\/a> &#8211; it&#8217;s kind of a movement; there&#8217;s an annual conference, workshops, and an annual conference yearbook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.mblc.state.ma.us\/elements-of-ux\/\">Elements of UX: A Librarian&#8217;s Guide to User Experience Design<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Massachusetts Libraries Board of Library Commissioners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Books<\/h2>\n<p>We have these in the Templeman Library:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:546881\/ada\">User Experience in Libraries: Applying Ethnography and Human-Centred Design<\/a>, edited by Andy Priestner and Matt Borg (Routledge, 2016)\n<ul>\n<li>also <a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/edsdetailnonmodal\/eds:$002f$002f-239347381$002f0$002fedsebk$007c$007c1062338?qu=user+experience+in+libraries&amp;if=el%09edsSelectFacet%09FT1&amp;d=eds%3A%2F%2F-239347381%2F0%2Fedsebk%7C%7C1062338%7E-239347381%7E2&amp;ir=Both\">available as an e-book<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1498876\/ada\">Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to Your Library<\/a>, by Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches (ALA, 2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1498976\/ada\">User Experience in Libraries: Yearbook 2017<\/a>, edited by Andy Priestner (UX in Libraries, 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1537014\/ada\">User Experience in Libraries: Yearbook 2018<\/a>, edited by Andy Priestner (UX in Libraries, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Case studies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/futurelib.wordpress.com\/\">Futurelib Project<\/a>\u00a0at Cambride University &#8211; includes information on their groundbreaking <a href=\"https:\/\/futurelib.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/the-spacefinder-project-final.pdf\">Spacefinder<\/a> tool<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1498879\/ada\">Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester<\/a>, by Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons\n<ul>\n<li>also available as a\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/acrl\/sites\/ala.org.acrl\/files\/content\/publications\/booksanddigitalresources\/digital\/Foster-Gibbons_cmpd.pdf\">full text pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>all very good, but if you don\u2019t want to read it all, chapters 10 and 11 provide a good summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erialproject.org\/\">ERIAL Project<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0a two-year ethnographic study of the student research process<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ukanthrolib.wordpress.com\/\">#UKAnthrolib blog<\/a>, a shared blog on which librarians share information \u2013 and observations \u2013 about anthropological research findings in their libraries. Great on how some of the UX techniques are being applied at other libraries.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libinnovation.blogspot.com\/\">Lib-Innovation blog<\/a> at the University of York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Toolkits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/designthinkingforlibraries.com\/\">Design Thinking for Libraries Toolkit<\/a> &#8211; by revolutionary design\u00a0company IDEO<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erialproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Toolkit-3.22.11.pdf\">So you want to do anthropology in your library?<\/a> &#8211; toolkit from the ERIAL project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Regular publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dbl.lishost.org\/blog\/\">Designing Better Libraries blog<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; really worth dipping into from time to time<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/weaveux.org\/\">Weave Journal of User Experience<\/a> (open access), not many articles yet, but interesting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list is now in the Kent reading list system, with direct links to LibrarySearch. 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