Do you want to improve the usability of your library website, but feel that it is too difficult, time-consuming, or expensive? Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians will teach you how to make the case for usability testing, define your audience and their goals, select a usability testing method appropriate for your particular context, plan for an in-house usability test, conduct an effective in-house usability test, analyze usability test results, and create and implement a plan for ongoing, systematic usability testing. Step-by-step instructions, along with a myriad of examples,.

• Contents
• List of Tables and Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Why Usability Testing Matters
• Chapter 2: Conducting Your Own Usability Testing
• Chapter 3: Identifying Your Audience and Its Tasks
• Chapter 4: Selecting a Method
• Chapter 5: Planning a Usability Test
• Chapter 6: Conducting a Usability Test
• Chapter 7: Analyzing Your Findings and Making Improvements
• Chapter 8: Ongoing Usability Testing
• Chapter 9: Keeping Up the Momentum
• Appendix: Example of a Usability Testing Report (Summary Version)
• Index
• About the Author