New Spring 2015 Course: Projects in Information Experience Design

I’m excited to announce a new course I’ll be teaching this spring called “Projects in Information Experience Design.” Offered as part of the UX concentration (but open to all SILS students!), this course supplements and extends the concepts from LIS-643 (Information Architecture & Interaction Design) and LIS-644 (Usability Theory & Practice) by teaching students how […]

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New York Philharmonic Digital Archives Usability Study

In Fall 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of the New York Philharmonic Digital Archives (http://archives.nyphil.org/). Student Team: Rachel Bronstein, James Lemoine, Seth Persons Download Full Report: New York Philharmonic Digital Archives Usability Report (PDF)

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Presentation by Jennifer Anderson, UX Designer at NYPL

Join us as Jennifer Anderson, Senior UX Designer at New York Public Library, speaks about her experience creating a rapid prototyping system and web style guide for the NYPL as well as how her role relates to her colleagues at the library. And, of course, there will be time for questions! Co-organized with SILSSA. Date: Thursday, November 20th

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Etsy Design/Research Tour

Learn about the inner workings of the Etsy team and their ever-expanding research division. Join us for a tour of the Etsy offices followed by presentations from their design, research and analyst teams! Date: Thursday, November 13th Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Etsy Offices – 55 Washington St, Suite 512, Brooklyn, NY 11201  (map) Open to: Pratt students

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Design Slam! – Fall 2014

You’ll be teamed up with a few other people who will be your ‘design team’. Everyone will be presented with a design challenge, created by our very own Craig MacDonald. After 40 minutes of brainstorming, planning, and sketching, your team will present your solution to our panel of UX and IA professionals. There will be

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NYARC Usability Study

In Spring 2014, a team of students from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a usability study of the New York Art Resource Consortium (NYARC) website (http://www.nyarc.org/). Student Team: Kate Asmus, Caitlin Harrington, Nik Dragovic, Laura Marte-Piccini Download Full Report: NYARC User Testing Report (PDF)

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