1. Assessment (studies, surveys, usability, etc.) - Nicole, Lisa & Remlee
- User needs studies (digital scholarship study and spaces studies) were synthesized and presented at an all-staff meeting in the fall.
- A group of staff participated in a Gamestorming workshop, using the ideas generated by the studies as well as techniques designed to facilitate innovative idea generation.
- UX took the 50+ ideas from the Gamestorming sessions, deduped and combined them, and developed a set of 8 "idea seeds," (LINK TO THESE) germs of ideas that any library unit might use to take action for improvements or new services while integrating the user experience. These were presented as part of the Library Council Retreat in February.
- Darcy, Stephanie and Nicole worked with the survey planning team to generate questions for the MIT Libraries 2011 survey that pursued questions raised in the user needs studies of the previous spring.
2. Virtual sites design and production - Darcy & UIG members
3. Public space improvements/planning - Stephanie
4. Marketing - Remlee & Stephanie
5. Betas - Remlee
6. Emerging technologies (including e-readers, ipads staff and public loans) - Nicole
The emerging tech subgroup explored the following technologies:
- Peter Cohn - content curation tools
- Jenn Morris - iPads as kiosks for wayfinding (soon to be a beta)
- Daniel Sheehan - Google Fusion tables (data visualization & mapping)
- Elaine Mello - video-streaming on tablets (how different platforms work)
- Robert Sikkema - inter-device wifi streaming, with standards from DLNA
The presented their findings to a group of staff on May 31.
7. Workshops/classes we taught (IAP and other) - All
8. Staff development (training and workshops we've attended) - All
9. Challenges ahead - All
10. Web & social media stats - Darcy & Remlee