<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>How to Conduct a Usability Study</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Stuart</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Gaetjens</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The Tennessee Tech University Library has conducted two usability studies in the past three years, one on the library website and the other on Primo. &#13;
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This session will cover how to plan and carry out a usability study including:&#13;
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-Institutional Review Board (IRB)&#13;
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-Selecting software&#13;
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-Creating the task list&#13;
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-Recruiting participants&#13;
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Monitoring sessions&#13;
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Evaluating data&#13;
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This session will also cover our observations from the recent usability study and steps we have taken to improve user experience in Primo.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">General Topics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Primo</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">2018</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference or Workshop Item</mods:genre></mods:mods>