UX Study: Leveraging GLAM Assets in Library-Museum Collaboration: Call for Research Study Participants

The UO Libraries Digital Scholarship Services Department and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art are seeking teaching faculty, students, museum education staff, museum and archive curators, librarians, humanities, and social science researchers to help enhance the digital exhibits created in partnership with UO faculty members during the 2018-2020 Andrew W. Mellon GLAM collaboration that brought the following digital projects to the University of Oregon:

Madness Outside In
Tekagami and Kyōgire
The Artful Fabric of Collecting
The March
United Collections
Yōkai Senjafuda

We hope with this user experience study that your feedback regarding paint points, opportunities, and successes will guide us to create better user interface interactions for digital exhibits hosted in partnership between the UO Libraries and JSMA.

Below is information about the research study that will take place during June 2021.

Who can participate?

Participants must meet the following criteria to join the study: 

Must be teaching faculty, students, museum education staff, museum and archive curators, librarians, humanities, and social science researchers at the University of Oregon
Must be over the age of 18
Must have experience and access to Zoom
Complete this recruitment survey
Be available at some point during June 2021 to participate in a remote user test
Individuals with no to a lot of specific knowledge or experience with digital exhibits

How will you participate in this study?

If you are selected to participate then you will be invited for a one-on-one 45-minutes Zoom video call in mid-June.  You will be asked to perform a set of tasks on the website and share with us your feedback.

The session will be video recorded so that we can conduct a detailed analysis of how participants engage with the digital projects.

Will you be compensated for your participation?

Yes, At the end of the session, you will receive a $20 Visa gift card for supporting this study. 

Interested in participating?

If you are interested in participating then please consider completing this recruitment survey.

Do you have questions about this research study?

Please contact
Anna Lepska, alepska@uoregon.edu, Mellon GLAM Library/Museum Collaboration UX GE at the University of Oregon
Kate Thornhill, kmthorn@uoregon.edu, Digital Scholarship Librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries

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