Description
E-books have proliferated in library collections, but which vendor offers the best experience for students? When the librarians at Metropolitan State University set out to answer this question, they invited actual students to operate three e-book platforms and talk about their experiences. This session will present the results of this usability research and describe how the results have encouraged Metropolitan State's library to accommodate users' preferences.
Start Date
15-3-2017 10:30 AM
End Date
15-3-2017 11:30 AM
Cold War in the Catalog: Comparing the User Experience of E-book Platforms
E-books have proliferated in library collections, but which vendor offers the best experience for students? When the librarians at Metropolitan State University set out to answer this question, they invited actual students to operate three e-book platforms and talk about their experiences. This session will present the results of this usability research and describe how the results have encouraged Metropolitan State's library to accommodate users' preferences.