Overview of content related to 'usability'
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Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, or anything a human interacts with. A usability study may be conducted as a primary job function by a usability analyst or as a secondary job function by designers, technical writers, marketing personnel, and others. It is widely used in consumer electronics, communication, and knowledge transfer objects (such as a cookbook, a document or online help) and mechanical objects such as a door handle or a hammer. Usability includes methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object's perceived efficiency or elegance. In human-computer interaction and computer science, usability studies the elegance and clarity with which the interaction with a computer program or a web site (web usability) is designed. Usability differs from user satisfaction insofar as the former also embraces usefulness. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Usability)
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ECDL 2004: A Digital Librarian's Report |
Jessie Hey reports on the 8th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries held at the University of Bath in September 2004. |
October 2004, issue41, event report |
The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004 |
Tracey Stanley reports on the 8th Institutional Web Management Workshop at the University of Birmingham over 27-29 July. The theme of this year's workshop was Transforming the Organisation. |
October 2004, issue41, event report |
Book Review: Libraries Without Walls 5 |
David Parkes reviews the fifth compilation of the biennial Library Without Walls Conference. He finds how far we have come and how far we have to go in delivering services to distributed learners. |
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Book Review: Information Representation and Retrieval in the Digital Age |
Chris Awre finds a useful if limited introduction for those coming new to the field of information representation and retrieval, but is unconvinced by its overall coverage and depth. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 40: Horses for Courses |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 40. |
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Planet-SOSIG |
This month Neil Jacobs introduces a new book for information professionals in the social sciences and Heta Virnes describes her experience of running virtual helpdesks for SOSIG. |
July 2004, issue40, regular column |
WebWatch: Testing Web Page Design Concepts for Usability |
Dey Alexander and Derek Brown demonstrate how the layout of a Web page has a direct influence upon users' capacity and willingness to engage with a Web site. |
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Book Review: Managing Your Internet & Intranet Services |
David Hook sees this edition as a useful overview but finds unfortunate omissions as well as beneficial inclusions. |
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Book Review: Developing Web-based Instruction |
Lyn Parker finds this compilation a useful overview of the issues involved in developing e-learning and a valuable addition to the literature. |
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Seeing Is Believing: The JISC Information Environment Presentation Programme |
Chris Awre reviews the JISC Information Environment Presentation Programme and offers an insight to the outcomes of recent studies. |
April 2004, issue39, feature article |
News from BIOME |
Jenny Hall reports on recent news from BIOME, the Health and Life Sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network. |
April 2004, issue39, regular column |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2004, issue39, news and events |
The JISC 5/99 Programme: What's in a Number? |
Rachel Bruce and Balviar Notay give an overview of the outputs and influences of the JISC 5/99 Learning and Teaching and Infrastructure Programme. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
Improving the Quality of Metadata in Eprint Archives |
Marieke Guy, Andy Powell and Michael Day address the argument that the quality of service to end-users is markedly influenced by the quality of metadata being produced and provide suggestions. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
WebWatch: How Accessible Are Australian University Web Sites? |
Dey Alexander reports on a recent study of the accessibility of Australian university Web sites. |
January 2004, issue38, regular column |
Developing and Publicising a Workable Accessibility Strategy |
Lawrie Phipps, Sue Harrison, David Sloan and Betty Willder look at the increasing need for developers of institutional and educational Web sites to develop and follow a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content. |
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The OpenURL and OpenURL Framework: Demystifying Link Resolution |
Ann Apps reports on a conference about current and future uses of the proposed OpenURL Framework Standard Z39.88-2004. |
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Towards a User-Centred Approach to Digital Libraries |
Ken Eason reports on the five themes in the Digilib Conference, Espoo, Finland. |
January 2004, issue38, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2004, issue38, news and events |
Experiences of Harvesting Web Resources in Engineering Using Automatic Classification |
Kjell Jansson, Jessica Lindholm and Tomas Schoenthal describe the work in setting up a Web index that uses automatic classification as a means for the selection of resources. |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
ECDL-2003 Web Archiving |
Michael Day reports on the 3rd ECDL Workshop on Web Archives held in Trondheim, August 2003. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
Just a Distraction?: External Content in Institutional Portals |
Ruth Martin and Liz Pearce reflect on stakeholders' views of external resources within institutional portals and highlight the findings of recent PORTAL Project research. |
July 2003, issue36, feature article |
The 7th Institutional Web Management Workshop |
Catherine Ewart gives us her view of IWMW 2003, University of Kent, June 2003. |
July 2003, issue36, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
July 2003, issue36, news and events |
Book Review: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Volume 36 |
Michael Day takes a detailed look at the structure and content of this hardy annual. |
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Review: Songs of Innocence and of Experience |
Philip Hunter reviews a CD-ROM edition of one of William Blake's most famous works. |
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Apart from the Weather, I Think It’s a Good Idea: Stakeholder Requirements for Institutional Portals |
Liz Pearce takes a look at recent research from the PORTAL Project, which asked over 600 users what they might want from an institutional portal. |
April 2003, issue35, feature article |
Public Libraries: Creating Websites for E-citizens -The Public Library Web Managers Workshop 2002 |
Penny Garrod reports on the Public Library Web Managers workshop, November 2002, held in Bath. |
January 2003, issue34, event report |
Student Searching Behaviour in the JISC Information Environment |
Jill R. Griffiths and Peter Brophy report on work in progress and air some initial findings on the EDNER project, which undertakes evaluation of the developing JISC Information Environment. |
October 2002, issue33, feature article |
Digital Libraries in China |
Liz Lyon reports on the International Digital Library Conference held in Beijing in July 2002. |
October 2002, issue33, event report |
Learning Objects and the Information Environment |
Ian Dolphin and Paul Miller discuss the place of Learning Objects in the wider environment of learning. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
QA Focus |
Marieke Napier on Quality Assurance procedures in the Jisc 5/99 Programme. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
Web Focus: Report On The Sixth Institutional Web Management Workshop |
Brian Kelly with a report on the Sixth Institutional International Web Management Workshop held this year at the University of Strathclyde. |
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UM.Sitemaker: Flexible Web Publishing for Academic Users |
Jonathan Maybaum explains how UM.SiteMaker was designed to fill an important gap in the array of tools to suit academic publishing. |
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Web Focus: Guidelines for URI Naming Policies |
Brian Kelly with some guidelines For URI naming policies in his regular column. |
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Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2002, issue30, news and events |
Subject Portals |
Judith Clark describes a three-year project to develop a set of subject portals as part of the Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) development programme. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Evolution of Portable Electronic Books |
Ruth Wilson charts the development of portable electronic book hardware, from the first generation in 1980s to the range of handheld devices available today. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Web Focus: Report on the Fifth Institutional Web Management Workshop |
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, reports on the IWMW event in his regular column. |
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Software Review: C4U |
Andrew Cox and Simon McLean review this web-monitoring software. |
