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  • Writer's pictureZi Ye

USEFUL, USABLE, DESIRABLE

Updated: Jan 18, 2022

Looking for Instructions on User Experience in Old-school Media?


As stated Schmidt, "useful, usable and desirable" are "three legs of a stool". UX is, therefore, a mark that any media format cannot lose. Unlike other resources provided on this website, this book is designed specifically for helping people making decisions that might affect how others might experience their library.

I believe this resource can also be used as a guide for online catalogs or libraries. It gives suggestions for organizing a efficient library for users. It included 19 techniques that a library website should incorporate. This book explains why each touchpoint is essential to your library and gives instructions to make progress.


Relevant Content

This book was divided into different sections to present the important of UX and ways to implement it.

  1. What is User Experience Design

  2. Why UX for libraries?

  3. The Trinity of Good UX

  4. The Principles of Library User Experience Design

  5. How to Use This Book

  6. ...




Schmidt, & Etches, A. (2014). Useful, usable, desirable : applying user experience design to your

library  / Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches. (First edition.). ALA Editions, an imprint of the

American Library Association.



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