When: March 5, 2015 at 6pm PST
Where: Click here to view recorded session
Join us for Aaron Schmidt’s talk about library User Experience. If you are interested in Library UX, careers in Library UX or would like a sneak peek at Aaron’s great Library UX class (LIBR 287), this webinar is for you.
Aaron, a principal at Influx Library User Experience Consulting, a website usability blogger at walkingpaper.org, and a regular contributor to the Library Journal, is the author of Useful, Usable, Desirable (ALA, 2014). Readers describe his book as:
“Excellent practical and plain language guide that *SO* *MANY* libraries need.” Jen Johnson
“A modern and fresh perspective on library services. Worth reading!” Tina Panik
“This is an excellent and accessible overview of UX research strategies for libraries.” User Experience blog
In the past ten years Aaron Schmidt has been a circulation clerk, reference librarian, and library director. Shortly after completing his MLIS at Dominican University, Schmidt saw the potential of applying new media technology to libraries and launched successful programs at his suburban Chicago public library. Helping the library connect to its community through things such as instant messaging, weblogs and social software led to Aaron publishing articles in Library Journal, School Library Journal, Library High Tech News, Online, and others. He has presented on the topic of library technology and usability throughout the United States, and in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain. In 2005, Schmidt was named a Library Journal “Mover & Shaker.”
Schmidt moved to Portland, Oregon in 2006 and became the director of a nearby public library. He helped the library grow and gain full membership in the Washington County Cooperative. Next he acted as the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library, working from Portland. He helped plan forward thinking projects for the library helping them connect to the community and teach them about the Read/Write Web. He also assisted with website visioning, conducted usability testing, formed library’s Library 2.0 Interest Group and the library’s digital research and development project called DC Library Labs.
Currently he is a principal at Influx Library User Experience Consulting and maintains a library and website usability weblog, walkingpaper.org and can be reached at librarian [at] gmail [dot] com.
2 Comments
SJSU iSchool SLA · 5 Mar 2015 at 9:04 PM
Hi Andrea,
Thank you for your interest in our programming! Yes, the talk was recorded. You can find the the recording at: https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2011274&suid=D.D077DEC4626CB4D11AAFB83A12D9C7 under tonight’s date. Additionally, all of our past programming can be accessed on our Archives page: http://ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu/slasc/archives/
Andrea · 5 Mar 2015 at 4:52 PM
Will this be recorded and posted somewhere?