if students were cats understanding the different breeds at your institution
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If Students were cats: Understanding the different breeds at your institution
Who are we?Carrie Moran - User Engagement Librarian at the University of Central Florida
Jakarri Godbolt - Biology Major at the College of Charleston
Kyle Stewart - User Experience Specialist at Gale Cengage Learning
What should we ask about?
Verify what you know
Validate what you think you know
Discover things you didn't know existed
When writing questions...Do Don’tAsk about real experiences Use hypothetical
scenariosWrite questions using Ask leading questionsunbiased language Overexplain your questionUse terms that your Use library jargonparticipants will understand
Recruiting Participants
The Interview
Record and take notesAsk follow-up questionsAvoid rabbit holesDon’t interrupt!
Data Sources
Data Analysis 1. Fill in the blank! I go to UCF Libraries website to
_______________.Access databases for researchFind articles.Find research articles for papers and projectsRenew library materials (because I'm too lazy to bring them back)StudyFind booksLibrary hoursUse the databasesReserve study rooms"For research ya big dummy"Research super capacitorsFind all the stuff I need IEEE papersGet an A on MicroFind hoursExpand my horizonsDo HIM researchFind books so I don't have to buy themTo study…the only way I make it to the next levelDo the cooking by the bookFind scholarly articlesUse MEDLINE to find scholarly articlesGet citations for freeTo try to do work…and then get distracted with something else
Data Analysis
Your Turn
legal researchswankucfEndNoteosceolaebookscitation
aparefworksbiodiversityleadershippatentNursingcvs
kenyavideosILOcopyrightpatentsibislegal research
[Title]
As a [type of user]
I want to [perform some task]
so that I can [reach some goal]
Putting it together[Title]
As a [type of user]
I want to [perform some task]
so that I can [reach some goal]
Using this process in a library
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ceardach/4549876293
Kyle StewartCarrie MoranJakarri Godbolt
Questions?
