Start date: 9 December 2002
End date: 9 April 2003
Funding programme: Presentation programme
JISC theme(s): Information environment
Introduction
The focus of the project is to investigate how usability
can best be applied to the services and resources provided by JISC, with
particular reference to the further development of the Information
Environment. The major deliverables of the work is a Digital
Libraries usability and accessibility framework, enabling JISC services to
further develop truly usable and accessible services for the higher and
further education communities. The study will also apply the framework to a
number of JISC services, identifying current issues of usability and
accessibility.
Aim and Objectives
The project has two core aims:
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A usability foundation study
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Usability evaluation of current JISC services
The prime objectives are to:
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Establish JISC usability requirements
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Investigate and present a review of appropriate human-computer
interaction design methods, techniques and guidelines for JISC services
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Conduct a study to establish usability criteria and best practices for
services and resources similar in nature to those offered by JISC
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Define clear and workable methodologies and toolkit for usability and
accessibility evaluations
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Conduct requirement elicitation, design generation and evaluations on
four JISC services
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Analyse, disseminate and discuss the outcomes
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Establish a viable usability and accessibility framework for Digital
Libraries
Project Report
The final report from this study is now available. It can be
downloaded either as a whole document (NB. this is a large file) or in
sections, as follows:
The same team has recently also completed a
Visualisation Foundation Study within the Presentation Programme.
project staff
Contact
Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris
Centre for HCI Design
City University
London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
Tel: 020 7040 8168
Fax: 020 7040 8859
Email: zaphiri@soi.city.ac.uk