[Michlib-l] Seeking student project ideas for website needs assessment and usabiity and library/archives classes for Winter 2024s

Wed Oct 11 17:07:26 EDT 2023

Wrangling with how usable your website is for your patrons? Got a potential
library or archive project our students might be able to sink about 200
hours into next semester (completable remotely or via a short commute)? We
may be able to match your need with our Winter 2024 hands-on classes.

More detailed information can be found below; please share this information
broadly with your networks, especially with folks who work with interactive
products or systems that are well suited for usability evaluation. Any
questions can be directed to umsi.client.engagement at umich.edu.

Thanks in advance!
Kristin

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Deadline Extended
There's still time to submit a UMSI project idea!
Receive recommendations for improving the user experience of an interactive
product or system central to your work by hosting a project for *SI 622:
Needs Assessment and Usability Evaluation
<https://click.crm.it.umich.edu/?qs=511b63580de257b0a263dfaa62b5d6278d6d703ab8b39c81c9bf67f416ec0ab61c0b3a225d5a855ca3306f478f2b749db510fcc14e0dddc3>.*

As a project host, you will receive capacity-building deliverables from
a small team of graduate students at the University of Michigan School of
Information
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(UMSI) based on project work that occurs from January-April 2024. Students
will use specific methods such as *interaction mapping, user interviews,
comparative analysis, surveying, heuristic evaluation, and user testing *to
identify areas in which your product or system succeeds and illuminate
areas where users encounter confusion or difficulty.
Why Host a Project? *There is no cost to host a project.* In exchange for
your time in working with a student team, you will receive free
consultation, recommendations, analyses, and reports that you can you
utilize to address organizational challenges. By hosting a project, you
will also be providing students with impactful, real-world learning
experiences, so it's a win-win!

*Submit your project idea
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as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, October 27.*

Submit Your Project Idea Here by October 27
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Previous SI 622 Project Examples

   - Students evaluated the eCommerce experience of an organization's
   users, from account sign-up to item delivery, and identified areas for
   simplification and improvement.
   - Students provided a company with suggestions for a product's
   improvement after evaluating the user experience of a recommendation engine
   powered by machine learning, which were incorporated into the next
   iteration of the product's design.
   - Students assessed the usability of an online platform used by a
   government entity to facilitate transactions for services available to its
   citizens. Students made recommendations for optimizing and improving the
   way users interacted with the platform.

Check out other previous project examples
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to learn more about what UMSI students can do!
Ideas For Library/Archives CoursesIn addition to SI 622, we are looking for
a few additional project ideas for courses related to librarianship and
archival practice, including:

   - SI 581: Preserving Information Resources in a Digital Age
   <https://click.crm.it.umich.edu/?qs=511b63580de257b01e80964b6b791deeb67855222921a26e0d247fed624059f1ee014071b1b29f9f5871c7403298a447f3e9eb2f8408a451>
   - SI 639: Web Archiving
   <https://click.crm.it.umich.edu/?qs=511b63580de257b0f77d03ef229cf3829ec27236852eac55ffe523726a507766f928238923324ca87b451841f0535a55925b266df0025cc1>
   - SI 699: Librarianship and Archival Practice
   <https://click.crm.it.umich.edu/?qs=1a011651bc6d649d2e6c17fdaedeb9485d656494d491f5c2fcb36e647bafdf8677bfcac7a45a96e34c4836dd9befbc69128e9dd4d6efedb5>
   - SI 699: Digital Curation
   <https://click.crm.it.umich.edu/?qs=1a011651bc6d649d8d20d0d42012a24d10f8aa57ad8821af6a5fa40fba796b395289127b547ef2471f512fffc18acf1b7cea6fdf3fd68142>
   .

These courses occur from January-April 2024. We invite you to submit your
project ideas
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related to these courses if they are well suited for your organizational
needs.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Engaged Learning Office at
*umsi.client.engagement at umich.edu
<umsi.client.engagement at umich.edu>* with any questions you have. We look
forward to reviewing your project idea!

Kind regards,
Gabby Strzalkowski
Marketing and Relationship Development Program Manager
Engaged Learning Office
University of Michigan School of Information
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