SPEC Kit 341: Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach · 143
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
CAR Usability Study Brief
9. How would you contact the repository that holds these materials?
Three respondents clicked on the “contact us about this image” link, two selected the
“contact” at the top, and another found links for the Special Collections Research Center
on the folder view. No one had problems finding a way to get in contact with the Special
Collections Research Center.
10. Can you find more information about the collection this folder is part of?
All attempted to get to the finding aid, which four out of the six did. However, there was
confusing over the various links to the collection, not all of which went to the finding aid.
There needs to be some clarity on where the different collection headings go.
11. You decide to do a new search. How do you start a new search?
Not a good question based on the study skipped during the sessions.
12. From this main page, and without using the browser’s back button, please show me
how you would find the original page you were viewing about bulk curing tobacco.
Four out of the six participants used the search box and searched “bulk curing tobacco”
and found the folder quickly in the search results. One participant attempted to use the
facets and was disappointed when that did not work. Another used the topic
“agriculture” and then narrowed the results using the subject facets. This participant did
note that if the folder showed up later in the search results than the first page it would be
a pain to find.
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