the Scottish Usability Professionals' Association

Student attitudes towards mobile library services for Smartphones

with Boon Low and Lorraine Paterson

15thMar '11

About the event

Following on from the introduction to the UX2.0 project last year, this presentation presents some of the findings from the research carried out in the last 12 months. Findings from an exploratory study which investigated student attitudes towards mobile library services will be revealed, recommendation made and reflections from the project as a whole shared.

The aim of the latest research was to uncover the scope of mobile services students would find useful. This was done by examining existing mobile library services, student habits and gathering feedback from students. The findings underpin existing mobile library service developments at the University of Edinburgh and may also be useful to other academic libraries in terms of planning mobile library service development and understanding users’ needs

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More about the speaker(s)

Boon Low manages and undertakes web development for the Usability and Contemporary User Experience in Digital Libraries (UX2.0) project at the University of Edinburgh. He also leads development for other digital library initiatives at the University's National e-Science Centre. Prior to this, Boon worked in several library projects pioneering search engine technologies and interoperability mechanisms for the integration of digital repositories in virtual learning environments. He is currently interested in the research and development of interaction design patterns and advanced user interface.

Lorraine Paterson is a Usability Analyst for the UX2.0 project at the University of Edinburgh. As part of the project, Lorraine has evaluated the usability of existing digital libraries to provide a general impression of digital library usability. She is responsible for organising and conducting user research for the project and evaluating the technical outputs. Before joining the project, Lorraine worked as a usability consultant for User Vision. There she worked with a range of clients applying a variety of research techniques to help companies meet their user's needs.