...Robert Fox Purpose The psychology of user experience is sometimes overlooked in favor of assumptions based on didactic principles that do not apply to the use of the Web. This column aims to explore the implications of some psychological principles that bear on user interface (UI) design...

... and to incorporate the results and participant feedback into a redesign that reflects users' intuitions rather than those of the site developers and librarians. Design/methodology/approach A combination of experimental and respondent research strategies was used to evaluate usability. These included survey...

... enhanced to accommodate research papers, speeches/lectures, office orders/memorandums, videos, annual reports and the in‐house publications. Design/methodology/approach A comparative study of the available open source digital library software is made taking into consideration the availability...

...Robert Fox Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the issue of the next generation OPAC, and several proposed solutions to that problem. Design/methodology/approach This is an exploratory paper. It examines several proposals for reinventing the traditional library OPAC into a more...

... and techniques from these two areas, that is, to analyze the usability of the InfoHab digital library, having as theoretical base the constructivist model of user study proposed by Carol Kuhlthau and the criteria of usability established by Jacob Nielsen. Design/methodology/approach In order to do so...

.... Design/methodology/approach Using a combination of structured analyses of the previous library website, user surveys, a card sort protocol and a think‐aloud protocol, the Website Redesign Team procured sufficient information to meet its redesign goals: established clear site organization and navigation...

...Carole A. George Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of the usability studies used by the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries during the redesign of their website. Design/methodology/approach The Libraries used a web‐based survey to determine needs, proceeding...

...Mark Shelstad Purpose To examine the redesign of an academic archive and manuscript repository's fourth‐generation website. Design/methodology/approach A review of the process used by a task force to revamp a website, including determining the goals of the site, its main features, audiences...

...Pamela Harpel‐Burke Purpose Website design guidelines which have proven effective throughout the commercial sector could be adapted for library homepage design. Acceptance of industry standards for homepage usability, specifically Nielsen and Tahir's criteria, would give library users recognizable...

...Robert Fox Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide some ideas concerning the design and implementation of the library virtual architecture and its relation to the psychology of information‐seeking behavior. Design/methodology/approach This paper is purely theoretical and speculative...