Card Sort Usability Reports

Services/Departments/Libraries Organization - Card Sorting

May, 2010
Library Gateway

The goal for these tests was to determine how users categorized a sample of pages currently grouped under Services, Departments and Libraries on the Library Gateway to see if there might be better ways to group and label these items.

Authorship: 
Usability Task Force
UX Method: 
Card Sort
Full Text Attachment: 
AttachmentSize
libs-svces-depts-card-sort-report.pdf2.82 MB
Additional Files: 
AttachmentSize
faculty_interview_1.docx17.88 KB
faculty_interview_2.docx121.83 KB
faculty_optimalsort.csv7.92 KB
grad_notes.docx19.31 KB
grad_optimalsort.csv18.07 KB
staff_optimalsort_compiled_data.xls14.45 MB
student_compiled_data.xls31 KB

VuFind Modified Card Sorting Labels Test

December, 2008
Mirlyn (VuFind)

 The goals for this test were to solicit suggestions from users for labeling facet categories, determine how users perceive the relative importance of facets, and determine how many narrowing terms users would like to see within each facet.

Authorship: 
Usability Task Force
UX Method: 
Card Sort
Full Text Attachment: 
AttachmentSize
VuFind_Card_Sort.pdf629.28 KB

Staff Intranet: Card Sorting

August, 2008
Library Websites

 To determine staff opinions and trends about categories and labeling, and see if participants had ideas of new features and content.

Authorship: 
UM Library Web Systems
UX Method: 
Card Sort
Full Text Attachment: 
AttachmentSize
Card_Sort_Report_final.pdf8.81 MB

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