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The User Studies Working Group compiles resources, conducts research, and drafts literature to assist those who are interesting in evaluating users of digital repositories and their needs.
The User Studies Working Group compiles resources, conducts research, and drafts literature to assist those who are interesting in evaluating users of digital repositories and their needs.


== The User Studies Working Group white paper ==
== Publications from the DLF AIG User Studies Working Group ==
 
'''[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i9x1Su48KWBU14I0i5odrxh1SCYurrGWLXlfiST5NLI/edit?usp=sharing Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries is available via Google docs here]'''
 
== Current Projects ==
 
After discussions at the 2015 DLF Forum [https://docs.google.com/document/d/15-mFHPXjW63srbZ-QZoh5_cAV9BXXNtj5aTQl-DlqO4/edit?usp=sharing Assessment Lunch], the User Studies Working Group will be focusing on two new projects in 2016:
 
* Standardizing terms and metrics for digital library usability studies
* Generating a toolkit to assess digital library reuse
 
== Get Involved ==
 
The working group maintains a [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxKlOQm6nnVndnJrR200UFZoSm8&usp=sharing Google Drive folder], which contains meeting notes and drafts of working documents.
 
If you have any questions, or are interested in participating in the working group, please contact [mailto:sathompson3@uh.edu Santi Thompson]. You can also fill out our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16X0B-NSulh1V6HuqkSZZq0El35AQlZLbpWUlzNx2Puo/edit User Studies Participant] spreadsheet.
 
== The User Studies Working Group white paper (2014-2015) ==


Participants identified four assessment topics to explore during the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rLdMSPCbR_F-hE0ZhWzS70IBGEMh1450ff0x_ioPrIk/edit Assessment Breakout Session] at the 2014 DLF Forum:
Participants identified four assessment topics to explore during the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rLdMSPCbR_F-hE0ZhWzS70IBGEMh1450ff0x_ioPrIk/edit Assessment Breakout Session] at the 2014 DLF Forum:
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# Develop a literature review -- '''Completed'''
# Develop a literature review -- '''Completed'''
# Release [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jd7N6BMh7g1DbgSpL0vigY4s87k7UQjOJLvgYYkqP0c/edit?usp=sharing '''Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries'''] for public comment
# Release [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jd7N6BMh7g1DbgSpL0vigY4s87k7UQjOJLvgYYkqP0c/edit?usp=sharing '''Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries'''] for public comment
 
# Release final draft of [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i9x1Su48KWBU14I0i5odrxh1SCYurrGWLXlfiST5NLI/edit?usp=sharing '''Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries''']
The final draft of the white paper will be released in December 2015.


=== White Paper Participants ===
=== White Paper Participants ===
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* Liz Woolcott, Utah State University
* Liz Woolcott, Utah State University
* Tao Zhang, Purdue University
* Tao Zhang, Purdue University
== Possible Next Steps ==
Future efforts from the group may include generating complementary content, such as:
# Templates/guides
# Toolkits
# Original Research
== Get Involved ==
The working group maintains a [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxKlOQm6nnVndnJrR200UFZoSm8&usp=sharing Google Drive folder], which contains meeting notes and drafts of working documents.
If you have any questions, or are interested in participating in the working group, please contact [mailto:sathompson3@uh.edu Santi Thompson]. You can also fill out our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16X0B-NSulh1V6HuqkSZZq0El35AQlZLbpWUlzNx2Puo/edit User Studies Participant] spreadsheet.


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Revision as of 11:45, 7 December 2015

The User Studies Working Group compiles resources, conducts research, and drafts literature to assist those who are interesting in evaluating users of digital repositories and their needs.

Publications from the DLF AIG User Studies Working Group

Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries is available via Google docs here

Current Projects

After discussions at the 2015 DLF Forum Assessment Lunch, the User Studies Working Group will be focusing on two new projects in 2016:

  • Standardizing terms and metrics for digital library usability studies
  • Generating a toolkit to assess digital library reuse

Get Involved

The working group maintains a Google Drive folder, which contains meeting notes and drafts of working documents.

If you have any questions, or are interested in participating in the working group, please contact Santi Thompson. You can also fill out our User Studies Participant spreadsheet.

The User Studies Working Group white paper (2014-2015)

Participants identified four assessment topics to explore during the Assessment Breakout Session at the 2014 DLF Forum:

  1. User/Usability studies
  2. Identifying users and uses
  3. Return On Investment (ROI)
  4. Reuse of content/what do users do with content

These four groups will make up the focus of a white paper on assessing users and user needs. The working group will complete a series of tasks to generate the white paper:

  1. Compile a bibliography
  2. Develop a literature review -- Completed
  3. Release Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries for public comment
  4. Release final draft of Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries

White Paper Participants

White Paper Team

  • Joyce Chapman, Duke University
  • Megan Hurst, Athenaeum21 Consulting
  • Elizabeth Joan Kelly, Loyola University New Orleans
  • Caroline Muglia, University of Southern California
  • Genya O’Gara, Virtual Library of Virginia
  • Ayla Stein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Santi Thompson, University of Houston (Co-Leader)
  • Liz Woolcott, Utah State University (Co-Leader)
  • Tao Zhang, Purdue University

Literature Review Team

  • Joyce Chapman, Duke University
  • Jody DeRidder, University of Alabama
  • Elizabeth Joan Kelly, Loyola University New Orleans
  • Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries
  • Caroline Muglia, University of Southern California
  • Genya O’Gara, Virtual Library of Virginia
  • Ayla Stein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Santi Thompson, University of Houston (Leader)
  • Rachel Trent, State Library of North Carolina
  • Liz Woolcott, Utah State University

Bibliography Team

  • Elizabeth Joan Kelly, Loyola University New Orleans
  • Santi Thompson, University of Houston (Leader)
  • Rachel Trent, George Washington University
  • Liz Woolcott, Utah State University
  • Tao Zhang, Purdue University

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