project 6: undergraduate activity related to the uci libraries
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Project 6: Undergraduate Activity Related to the UCI Libraries. Azia Foster . Andrew Zaldivar . Scott Roeder. Project Overview. Interested in exploring the activity that undergraduates undergo when using the UCI Libraries system (and lack thereof) What We’ve Done So Far: Initial Survey - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Project 6: Undergraduate Activity Related to the UCI Libraries
Azia Foster . Andrew Zaldivar . Scott Roeder
Project Overview- Interested in exploring the activity that undergraduates undergo when using the UCI Libraries system (and lack thereof)
What We’ve Done So Far:- Initial Survey- Initial Interview- Secondary Survey- Secondary Interview (Revised)- Analyzing of Results- Flowcharts
MethodologyInitial Task Analysis:- Consist of finding articles/references.
- One task unrelated to subject’s major- One task related to subject’s major
Problem:- Lack consistency- Variance in task- Difficult to measure results- Challenging designing tasks for different majors outside of ICS (and Social Sciences)
Revised Task Analysis:- Both tasks related to ICS, but performed by non-ICS students- Allows for consistency- Results are now comparable- Easier to design tasks- “Inexperienced” in ICS topics
Analyzing ResultsEach member in charge of participant information they collected- Andrew – 3 participants- Azia – 4 participants- Scott – 3 participants
For Each Participant: - A word document combining both Survey and Task Analysis Results - Each have a flowchart completed that records the completion of their task, step by step
Analysis involved: - comparing Task 1 and Task 2 flowcharts- comparing flowcharts between participants- comparing Interview answers- comparing Survey results
Frequency of Database & Resources
GPA Distribution Across Subjects
*Average GPA: 3.0
List of School
Subject School
1 Psychology & Social Behavior
2 Electrical Engineering
3 Mathematics
4 Sociology
5 Economics, Spanish (minor)
6 Business Economics
7 English, Spanish (minor), Education (minor)
8 Psychology – Cognitive Sciences, Sociology (minor)
9 Studio Art, Digital Art (minor)
10 Psychology and Social Behavior, Public Health Sciences
Frequency of Academic Level
*Class of 2008
UCI Libraries User
Start
UCI Libraries
Online Resources
SAGE
Search Term
Results
Article Found?
EndDisplayed in Tabbed Window
Subject #8, Task 1 & 2
Google / Wikipedia User
Start
Search “Ubiquitious Computing”
Results
Search “Ubiquitious Computing”
Wikipedia
Results
Obtain Definition
Obtain Definition
Search “Ubiquitious Computing”
Results
Google Scholar
Article Found?
EndDisplayed in Tabbed Window
Yes
No
Subject #5, Task 2
Multi-Tabbed Browsing UserStart
Google Scholar
Search Term
Results
UCI Online Resources
Search Term
Results
JSTOR
Article Found?
Displayed in Tabbed Window
EndSubject #10, Task 1 & 2
No
Yes
Built-in Google Search User
Start
Search Term
Results
Google Built-in Search
Article Found?
EndDisplayed in Tabbed Window
Subject #9, Task 1 & 2
No
Yes
DiscussionSemi-Structured Interview Questions:- What are the top three reasons they would visit the Libraries web site?- What are the reasons they don’t? - What would change their mind?
Suggestions for UCI Libraries:- Search Keywords & Return List of Databases
- Already implemented (Online Resources)- Hard to Distinguish Search Results
- Improve UI; Better Labeling- Lack of Summaries; Abstracts Hard to Comprehend
- Display Wikipedia or Dictionary.com Defintion- Reduce Number of Steps to Search- UCI Libraries Built-in Search Extension
Schedule
What’s Left?- Our report!- Hopefully will be completed by Tuesday- Looked over and reviewed on Wednesday- Then turned in on Thursday
Planning on splitting up parts of our report:- Introduction to our project- Initial Surveys and Interview- Participant break down of Task Analysis- Conclusions and suggestions drawn from results