Useful Usable Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to Your Library

About this book

Useful useable desirable: like three legs of a stool if your library is missing the mark on any one of these its bound to wobble. Every decision you make affects how people experience your library. In this useful primer user experience (UX) librarians Schmidt and Etches identify 19 crucial touchpoints such as the library website email furniture parking lot events and newsletters. They explain why each is important to your librarys members and offer guidance on how to make improvements. From library administrators to public relations and marketing staff anyone concerned with how members experience your library will benefit from this books Coverage of the eight principles of library UX design explaining how they can guide you to better serve your librarys members Advice on simple structured ways to evaluate and improve aspects such as physical space service points policies and customer service signage and wayfinding online presence and using the library Scorecard system for self evaluation which includes methods for determining how much time effort and skill will be involved in getting optimum performance Easy to dip into as the need arises this book points the way towards ensuring that your library is a welcoming space for everyone.