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Usability Testing Summon on the USC Libraries Home Page

Usability Testing Summon on the USC Libraries Home Page

Felicia Palsson
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466618213|ISBN10: 1466618213|EISBN13: 9781466618220
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch017
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Palsson, Felicia. "Usability Testing Summon on the USC Libraries Home Page." Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary Pagliero Popp and Diane Dallis, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 303-318. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch017

APA

Palsson, F. (2012). Usability Testing Summon on the USC Libraries Home Page. In M. Popp & D. Dallis (Eds.), Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries (pp. 303-318). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch017

Chicago

Palsson, Felicia. "Usability Testing Summon on the USC Libraries Home Page." In Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary Pagliero Popp and Diane Dallis, 303-318. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1821-3.ch017

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Abstract

This chapter describes the situational context and strategic goals at the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries that led to implementation of a discovery layer interface on the home page. User testing of the library website pointed to the need for unified and intuitive access to library holdings. Summon™ was introduced as a single access point, and usability testing was conducted on the website both pre- and post-Summon™ implementation. Results indicated that success rates for basic tasks improved after Summon™ became the default search box on the library home page. The objectives of the testing, methodology, demographics of test subjects, findings, and test instruments are described and shared.

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