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Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) User Experience (UX) in Libraries Meetup, May 2014 - December 2017
Co-Founder and Co-Organizer
- Co-founded and co-organized the METRO User Experience (UX) in Libraries Meetup (formerly called the METRO User Experience Special Interest Group).
- The group was formed in 2014 to provide a collaborative environment for for librarians, archivists, and information professionals interested in the usability and user experience of websites and in-person spaces and are working toward creating a user-friendly environment. This meetup provided opportunities to collaborate, give and receive support and advice, and share ideas and resources.
- Meetups included:
- Field Trips - Site Visit/Tour of Darien Library and UX Department, Hands-On User Testing Session at NYU Libraries, and Site Visit/Tour of ELIA Life Technology
- Dive Right In Sessions - Hands-On UX Practice and Study of METRO's New Headquarters
- Guest Speakers - Weave Journal of User Experience: Founding a New Open Access Journal of Library UX Practice, UX at Darien Library – A look at our focus, challenges, project highlights and new initiatives, and Selling UX
- Back-to-UX-School Themed Guest Speakers - User Experience for Librarians: The Basics and Beyond and In Your Hands and On the Phone: Usability and the Mobile Library Website
- Sounding Board Roundtables - Get feedback about your usability or UX projects
- Lightning Talks - Hospital Health Sciences Library User Study, No More Words: Improving Readability on Library Websites, Student Preferences to Library Signage: Methods, Tips, and Best Practices to Consider, "Maybe it's here, but I'm not sure...": Evaluating the SUNY Maritime Library Website, Web Usability Study: Screencast v. Text and Image Tutorials, and Library Self-Service Model Usability Study
- Interactive Activities - Word Association: User Experience
- Roundtable Discussions - Sharing of resources and tools used in planning, carrying out, and implementing UX projects
New York Library Club, Inc., June 2013 - June 2015
Board Member
- Collaboratively migrated New York Library Club website to Wordpress and set up PayPal for online payment for membership and donations.
- Initiated and set up Gmail/Google account and Dropbox account to facilitate communication and record keeping.
The Global Librarian, a joint publication of METRO and ACRL/NY, March 2012 - June 2013
Editorial Board Member
- The Global Librarian is a joint publication of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) and the Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL/NY).
Medical Section of the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division (DBIO), Special Libraries Association (SLA), January 2011 - December 2011
Chair
- Organized the SLA 2011 medical section program "It's All Hallway! An Unconference Approach to Professional Development".
- Contributed to the quarterly DBIO Biofeedback newsletter.
METRO LibGuides Project Advisory Committee, Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), June 2010 - May 2012
Committee Member
- Determined the scope and focus of the METRO LibGuides Project. The project aims to improve communication and partnership efforts within the library community through the creation of LibGuides, providing access to research, case studies and best practices in traditional and emerging areas of librarianship.
ALA Emerging Leaders 2010 Team K Project, American Library Association (ALA), January 2010 - June 2010
Team Member
- Collaboratively developed and completed an accessibility/usability survey (PDF) focused on users who access the ALA website using assistive devices.
- Initiated the creation of the ALA Emerging Leaders LinkedIn group.
SLA@Pratt, Pratt School of Information and Library Science Student Chapter of Special Libraries Association (SLA), July 2008 – June 2009
Website Manager
- Redesigned the SLA@Pratt website using information architecture and usability concepts, and maintained an overall SLA@Pratt web presence.
- Enhanced the website with Web 2.0 social media tools by initiating the use of Facebook, Twitter, Google Calendar, Flickr, Delicious and Google Friend Connect.
- Spearheaded the launch and use of a wiki to enhance communication among officers and provide an effective way for record keeping.
- Maintained, analyzed and provided web statistic and regular reports demonstrating usage patterns at monthly officers' meetings. Over 800 visitors from 230 cities visited the website throughout the year.
- Suggested, collaboratively developed and implemented the first SLA@Pratt Career Fair, attended by over 120 students, alumni and library professionals. The fair has become an annual event, now called SLA@Pratt Skill Share Fair.
Human Genome Project Community Conversations (HGPCC) Committee, Brooklyn Public Library, September 2007 - August 2012
Committee Member
- Led the DNA Day 2008 subcommittee to collaboratively develop and implement the first all-day National DNA Day @ BPL event at the Central Library, attended by over 250 people of all ages.
- Spearheaded the launch and use of wikis and other social media tools in committee work.
- Maintain an overall HGPCC web presence through the genetics literacy outreach resource wiki, Flickr, and Google Calendar.
- Collaboratively developed and conducted a training workshop for BPL staff on genetics literacy outreach.
- Co-authored PLA Blog Post Genetics Literacy and Public Libraries.
- Maintained and analyzed usage statistics for the genetics literacy outreach resource wiki using Google Analytics.
- Designed a "About the HGPCC Initiative" card for outreach.
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
Content Committee, December 2007 - December 2010
Editor
- Maintained and updated web content for the autism section.
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