Virtually Usable: A Test of the Information Gardens

Johnson, Megan; Ochoa, Louise; Purpur, Geraldine

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2007.05.008

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“…Sin embargo, otros campos y familias de productos menos digitales comienzan a ser valorados en la actualidad a partir de los grandes criterios que desarrolla la usabilidad, como el diseño arquitectónico y el industrial para diseñar objetos y ambientes como el de una biblioteca o un escritorio (Johnson, Ochoa y Purpur, 2007). Alcanzar el estatus de norma técnica, como el caso de la norma ISO 9241, ha contribuido a que algunos productos-servicios cumplan ciertos aspectos mínimos relacionados con la experiencia del usuario para garantizar su permanencia e impacto en el mercado (van Kuijk, van Driel y van Eijk, 2015).…”

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Diseño de herramientas precisas usadas con las manos: seguimiento ocular y otras técnicas de usabilidad

Lagos

Mojica

Arango-Vásquez

2017

Bitácora Urbano Territorial

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ArtículosDiseño de herramientas precisas usadas con las manos:seguimiento ocular y otras técnicas de usabilidad 1Designing precision hand tools used by hands:eye tracking and other techniques of usabilityDesign de ferramentas do precisão:controle ocular e outras técnicas da usabilidade 1 Investigación realizada por el Grupo de Investigación MIMA-PRO, adscrito al Laboratorio de Ergonomía y Factores Humanos de la Escuela de Diseño Industrial de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá. Este proyecto fue financiado por la Facultad de Artes de la misma institución. ResumenEste artículo presenta las conclusiones de una investigación cuyo objetivo fue caracterizar atributos de diseño que permitan a creativos y otras partes interesadas desarrollar asertivamente un dispositivo de precisión usado con las manos. Para ello, se tuvieron en cuenta las técnicas de la usabilidad como los test y el seguimiento ocular, y se puo en práctica en un ejercicio con cuarenta usuarios que probaron cinco dispositivos representativos de las herramientas de precisión operadas con las manos: destornillador, esfero, llave, pincel y dosificador, por medio de la ejecución de tres procesos: reconocer el objeto, hacer una tarea real y otras controladas. Se concluyó que las personas muestran una curva de aprendizaje a medida que repiten la tarea solicitada, y que la configuración y la morfología de los sólidos para el agarre de los objetos precisos, influye en el desempeño de las mismas. Las herramientas con morfologías complejas presentaron mayor cantidad de visualizaciones, mientras que el diseño adecuado del sistema de control o mango de las herramientas de precisión requiere de superficies fáciles de identificar y que se parezcan a herramientas similares de la vida cotidiana.Palabras clave: usabilidad, ergonomía, diseño centrado en el usuario, herramientas manuales, seguimiento ocular. Abstract:This article presents the conclusions of an investigation whose objective was to characterize design attributes that allow creative and other interested parties to assertively develop a precision device used with the hands. In order to do this, usability techniques such as eye tests and traditional testing were taken into account, and were implemented in an exercise with forty users who tested five devices representative of precision handoperated tools: screwdriver, pen, key, brush and dispenser, by means of the execution of three processes: recognizing the object, doing a real task and controlled ones. It was concluded that people show a learning curve as they repeat the task requested, and that the configuration and morphology of the solids for the grip of the precise objects influences the performance of the same. Tools with complex morphologies showed more visualizations, while the proper design of the control system or handle of precision tools requires surfaces that are easy to identify and that resemble similar tools of everyday life.Keywords: usability, ergonomics, user center design, hand tools, eye-tracking. ResumoEste artigo apresent...

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Diseño de herramientas precisas usadas con las manos: seguimiento ocular y otras técnicas de usabilidad

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Mojica

Arango-Vásquez

2017

Bitácora Urbano Territorial

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An exploratory usability evaluation of Colorado State University Libraries' digital collections and the Western Waters Digital Library Web sites

Zimmerman

Paschal

2009

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Abstract:A Usability Evaluation of Colorado State University Libraries' Digital Collections and the Western Waters Digital Library Web Sites By Don Zimmerman and Dawn Bastian PaschalTo assess ease of use, participants (n = 18) completed 11 usability tasks for each Web site and then a Web site perception questionnaire. Participants rated both Web sites positively, but 25% and 36% could not complete all tasks; doing so required more than a minute to complete.

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Exploring library service models at Fudan University and Appalachian State University: Experiences from an International Librarian Exchange program

Johnson

Shi

Shao

2010

The International Information & Library Review

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In 2008, Fudan University Library (FDUL) in Shanghai and Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University (ASU) in Boone, North Carolina created a three-year librarian exchange program. The first pair of librarian exchanges occurred during the 2009-2010 academic year, with the Appalachian State librarian traveling to Fudan for five weeks during the Fall of 2009, and the first librarian from Fudan traveling to Appalachian State for five months in the spring and summer of 2010. This paper documents how the first exchanges revealed interesting similarities and differences in the academic library service models between the two universities which are illustrative of general similarities and differences between Chinese and American academic library services. The paper also discusses how any academic library can benefit from the experience of a librarian exchange program with a partner library in another country. The experience gained from these first exchanges confirms on an international level the basic assertion that a major role of an academic library is to support the university's curriculum. Moreover it can be extrapolated from discussions held between librarians of the two institutions that in both the United States and China the curriculum evolves in response to reforms on campus and to changing trends within the country's education system. It was also determined that the modes of library services in both cultures change as new technologies arise and that the pace of technological change within academic libraries is rapid and ongoing. Participants in the exchange discovered that there are strengths and weaknesses in both the ASU and FDUL service models and that the librarians from both systems can learn from one another and absorb best practices from their exchange partners. This paper reflects the views and experiences of the exchange librarians (Shi and Johnson) and also author Shao, who is a Chinese national working as a faculty fellow librarian at Appalachian State University.

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Virtually Usable: A Test of the Information Gardens

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Diseño de herramientas precisas usadas con las manos: seguimiento ocular y otras técnicas de usabilidad

Diseño de herramientas precisas usadas con las manos: seguimiento ocular y otras técnicas de usabilidad

An exploratory usability evaluation of Colorado State University Libraries' digital collections and the Western Waters Digital Library Web sites

Exploring library service models at Fudan University and Appalachian State University: Experiences from an International Librarian Exchange program

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