146 · Representative Documents: Assessment Reports and Instruments
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
CAR Usability Study Brief
Decisions made on what changes should be made to the site based on the
study
Merryman, Dietz, and Ronallo all watched the usability study videos and then met to
discuss what priorities would be made for changes to the d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections site
based on the feedback received.
Common problem areas noted:
Name blocks are very confusing
Top title block is confusing
Large initial image is confusing people don’t know there are more images on the page
Collection/classification links having the same name but going different places are
confusing
“Pages” doesn’t make sense as a label
Other observations:
Pretty even split between facet use and search box use from the homepage. Facets were
popular but unsure if that’s because they were spending time staring at the site compared
to a normal user or if that’s usually how they would interact with the site.
Changes made:
Change label “Pages to “Pages in the folder”
Change the bookmark label to “URL”
Add external link icons to any links that go out of the site
Change the title block to have more archival location content (Box, Folder, Series,
Collection)
Add intro text on the homepage
Have a fixed search box on the search results view so it moves as you scroll down
Add in an automatic citation link
Rearrange the folder view so the initial image is not as big and more pages are
emphasized at the top
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