During the 2016/17 academic year, the University Library will be undertaking a User Experience (UX) Study to discover how and why you use Library spaces and services.
The work will include studies of physical spaces and usability testing of the Library online offer. Library staff will use ethnographic and anthropological techniques to gather in-depth data from their users, building on similar studies that have taken place at other universities including York, Cambridge and Manchester.
Armed with this richer data, the Library hope to shape their future developments to meet users’ needs more effectively, to develop new services and to design spaces to improve learning, research and study.
UX work is impossible without the contribution of you, the library’s users. Volunteers are being sought to participate in the different elements of the study over the next few months. The Library has developed ideas for this work in full agreement with Union Southampton.
Vice-President Education, Elliot Grater says:
“I think this is a fantastic project and a great way to get student consultation and tailor developments to what students are asking for!”
You can find out more, and get in touch, by visiting the Library UX webpage where there are details of each study and the involvement being requested.
