Limited number of spaces left

 

 

Date: Saturday 28 November (09:30-16:30)

Venue: University of Cambridge English Faculty

Trainers: Andy Priestner & Matt Borg

Price: £75 per person (includes lunch and refreshments, payment by debit/credit card or PayPal)

Places: 50

 

 

User Experience (UX) research is all about discovering what our users really need and do. You may have heard about or attended last year's UX in Libraries conference, read articles about UX or ethnography, or already started dabbling with these anthropological methods. Wherever you stand, this UXLibs-in-a-day course being offered at Cambridge University's English Faculty on Saturday 28 November is the perfect opportunity to explore these approaches first-hand.

 

Course Description/Learning Outcomes:

 

‘UXLibs-in-a-day’ is a highly practical and interactive workshop which covers User Experience research definitions, methods and applications. Participants will have the opportunity to try out many ethnographic approaches for themselves, evaluate application in their own libraries and gain crucial insight into the kind of rich data they can derive. They will also be exposed to idea generation and design-thinking methods and consider the value of divergent as opposed to convergent thinking. The chief focus of the day will be conducting ethnographic research of physical library spaces.

 

Session Feedback (CILIP HQ, September 2015):

 

‘Engaging, innovative, inspiring. Makes me want to go back and do this!’

‘A very useful and practical session that focused on real-world methodologies rather than the purely theoretical and conceptual. Andy is a great presenter – very professional and effective.’

‘Really positive, worthwhile and usable. Inspired to try lots of techniques back at work. Thank you! One of the best training/workshops I have attended.’

 

For more information or to book your place: http://www.cilip.org.uk/academic-research-libraries-group/events/uxlibs-day-1-day-course-association-arlg-east

 

The UX in Libraries website: http://uxlib.org

 

 

Hilary Johnson

Digital Resources Manager

University of Bedfordshire

01234 793006 (ext 4006)

 

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