Category Archives: ux

I had a great visit this week with a professor here at Rice, Phil Kortum. He was an industry Human Factors guy for a long time before becoming a professor, and is just a kind, amazing, and smart guy. I … Continue reading →

I recently attended a three-day CLIR Seminar on Issues of Participatory Design in Academic Libraries, led by the amazing Nancy Fried Foster.  About 40 libraries were represented. 14 various design/ethnography projects were presented, including my own overview talk-I hope to … Continue reading →

Usability answers the question “Can the user accomplish their goal?” User experience answers the question, “Did the user have as delightful an experience as possible?” Jared Spool The Texas Library Association Annual Conference is coming up soon in Houston, Texas. … Continue reading →

For many people, when they first hear that I am the User Experience librarian, they think, oh, she does usability. Or, oh, she is like Steven Bell, and she is interested in  creating compelling experiences and designing great customer service. … Continue reading →

I am getting serious about a book that I have had on my desk since April. (Maybe if it was on my iPad I would have read it by now!) A great book from Rosenfeld Media-Storytelling for User Experience. By Whitney … Continue reading →

I am just back from my annual SLA Conference <http://sla2011.tornado1.com/&gt;. It was a great time, and I have many, many posts to write over the next few days. While I was gone, I had a graduate student that works for … Continue reading →