Projects
A chronological list of the projects I led or assisted on while working with the AUX department. Note that some of the projects have external links to provide further context, while others simply have a brief explanation of their purpose and my role with them.
Physical Spaces
- Wrote new descriptions for study rooms and spaces available to students in the library
- Assessed Rubenstein Library space for areas which students may not have been aware of, and added them to the places to study list
Virtual Spaces
- Designed page for DUL's new proxy bookmarklet page
- Implemented new strategy for organization of department documents through DukeSpace and Sharepoint
- Reviewed the library's Ask a Librarian page and made recommendations on changes to improve it's usability
- Created a consolidated “best practices” guide based on Harvard library's and Boston University library's own guides for the library to consider
- Reviewed DUL's “location guides” and made recommendations on how the library could improve students' use of them
Testing
- March 9 – April 13th observational study of the Rubenstein Library photo gallery
- March 24th usability test on the library's Ask a Librarian page
- April 6th usability test on the library's LibGuide navigation
- April 11th usability test on the library's LibGuide navigation, this time with the Undergraduate Advisory Board (UAB)