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 website usability study
Author:Lyndsey
Date:Wednesday, 18th Feb 2004 10:53
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I am going to carry out a usability study on my organisation's website and investigate the amount of time library staff dedicate to updating our website. Has anyone else been involved in this? Any advice/tips/studies you could share?
Thanks.

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  website usability study
I am going to carry out a usability study on my organisation's website and investigate the amount of time library ...
Lyndsey 18/02/04 10:53 27675
   Re: website usability study
Hi Lyndsey There are various resources which you'll find useful in the 'Webmaster' section of the FreePint Portal: http://www.freepint.com/go/p183 These include the FreePint ...
William Hann 19/02/04 07:52 27688
    Re: website usability study
Thank you.
Lyndsey 19/02/04 09:28 27689
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The questions is whether it's Usability your interested in (ie How people use the site and get around the site ...
Chris Elvery 18/02/04 17:16 27683
    Re: website usability study
Hi Chris, I need to look at the library webpages within our organisation and how people navigate to one specific area ...
Lyndsey 19/02/04 09:44 27690
     Re: website usability study
Hi Lyndsey, To answer your questions: A usability study would define whether visitors to the site are able to find the "Useful ...
Chris Elvery 19/02/04 13:52 27701
      Re: website usability study
Hi Chris, Thanks for your advice. I think I may be expecting too much of a usability study and to ...
Lyndsey 23/02/04 09:01 27727
       Re: website usability study
Hi Lyndsey, Sorry for the delay, really busy at the moment. The stats will tell you what has happened on the site ...
Chris Elvery 25/02/04 18:06 27776
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Try this : http://digbig.com/3sgw Jakob Nielsen is recognised as something of a web 'guru'. But it's not rocket science he's talking about, it's ...
Rob 18/02/04 14:22 27682
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Rob has a good suggestion. I've read Nielson's book and found it helpful. I also purchased "Don't Make ...
Charles Wiggins 18/02/04 19:00 27685
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Hi Lyndsey I wrote a paper about which usability methods you can use to find out different things about your website, ...
Sarah Agarwal 01/03/04 10:43 27826

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