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Discovery service research report - August 2013
(2015-11-10)
Duke University Libraries conducted an extensive review of discovery service products
during 2010 and presented Summon on the library site as an articles search in March
2011. The current group is charged with reviewing ...
Prayer and Meditation Room Survey - Nov. 2016
(2016-11-14)
Between the dates of October 3rd and November 3rd 2016, Julie Riegel and Suffana Humaira
conducted user survey on the Prayer and Meditation Room in Perkins Library by emailing
a survey to the Duke Muslim Student Association ...
Research Guide Usability Study-October, 2016
(2017-02-06)
On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, from 3:00-4:00pm, Emily Daly and Julie Riegel conducted
an A/B usability test on the Duke Research Guide page (http://library.duke.edu/research/guides).
By comparing Duke’s page to Northwestern’s ...
Research strategies & homepage tasks usability test - May 2014
(2015-11-10)
Thomas Crichlow and Bendte Fagge conducted a brief user interview on research strategies
and usability testing of the functionality of the Duke Libraries homepage. The test
was held outside of the Von der Heyden Pavilion ...
Ask a Librarian usability test - March 2016
(2016-04-06)
Emily Daly and Hannah Hiles, field experience student in the Assessment & User Experience
Department, conducted a usability test on the Duke University Libraries current “Ask
a Librarian” webpage and on the newly designed ...
Default search / research guides usability test - March 2014
(2015-11-10)
Emily Daly and Bendte Fagge conducted usability testing of the default search functionality
(referred to as the “gear” in this report) and locating research guides on the Duke
Libraries website. The test was held outside ...
Best Bets usability test - June 2015
(2015-11-10)
On June 17, 2015, Emily Daly conducted usability testing in the lobby of Perkins Library.
Six participants were interviewed between noon and 1:30 p.m. A pilot was conducted
earlier in the day with an ADS student worker. ...
Duke Libraries 2015 Enrolled Student Survey: Responses and Peer Library Comparisons - January 2017
(2017-01-09)
In February and March of 2015, 769 Duke undergraduate students responded to the 2015
COFHE Enrolled Student Survey, and among those respondents, 681 students responded
to the question on library resources. The survey was ...
Usage analysis of tier 2 public computers: Perkins & Bostock libraries first floor - May 2016
(2016-06-27)
A spring 2016 report about public computer usage on the first floor of Perkins and
Bostock libraries. This report includes data from survey questions, an observational
study, and transaction logs. The report also includes ...
Research databases page usability test - August 2016
(2016-08-12)
During the summer of 2016, Duke University Libraries staff began a project to update
the way that research databases are displayed on the library website. The new research
databases page is a customized version of the default ...