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The objective of this study is to examine the impact of incorporating user experience study methods into library database purchase and renewal. In the summer of 2013, Purdue libraries introduced a modified standard usability concept (heuristic evaluation, or expert review) into an existing yearly electronic resource evaluation process. Every year librarians already evaluated electronic resources in the collection using a set of parameters including usage statistics but never explicitly included database usability. Introducing more user experience parameters into process allows librarians to record usability errors to be communicated back to database vendors or to be considered for database renewal and selection in the future at the libraries. In total, 37 databases were reviewed by 8 librarians. This talk will review the reported impact the internal process made on librarians’ database decisions, as well as preliminary results of the reviews.

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of incorporating user experience study methods into library database purchase and renewal. In the summer of 2013, Purdue libraries introduced a modified standard usability concept (heuristic evaluation, or expert review) into an existing yearly electronic resource evaluation process. Every year librarians already evaluated electronic resources in the collection using a set of parameters including usage statistics but never explicitly included database usability. Introducing more user experience parameters into process allows librarians to record usability errors to be communicated back to database vendors or to be considered for database renewal and selection in the future at the libraries. In total, 37 databases were reviewed by 8 librarians. This talk will review the reported impact the internal process made on librarians’ database decisions, as well as preliminary results of the reviews.

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of incorporating user experience study methods into library database purchase and renewal. In the summer of 2013, Purdue libraries introduced a modified standard usability concept (heuristic evaluation, or expert review) into an existing yearly electronic resource evaluation process. Every year librarians already evaluated electronic resources in the collection using a set of parameters including usage statistics but never explicitly included database usability. Introducing more user experience parameters into process allows librarians to record usability errors to be communicated back to database vendors or to be considered for database renewal and selection in the future at the libraries. In total, 37 databases were reviewed by 8 librarians. This talk will review the reported impact the internal process made on librarians’ database decisions, as well as preliminary results of the reviews.

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of incorporating user experience study methods into library database purchase and renewal. In the summer of 2013, Purdue libraries introduced a modified standard usability concept (heuristic evaluation, or expert review) into an existing yearly electronic resource evaluation process. Every year librarians already evaluated electronic resources in the collection using a set of parameters including usage statistics but never explicitly included database usability. Introducing more user experience parameters into process allows librarians to record usability errors to be communicated back to database vendors or to be considered for database renewal and selection in the future at the libraries. In total, 37 databases were reviewed by 8 librarians. This talk will review the reported impact the internal process made on librarians’ database decisions, as well as preliminary results of the reviews.

Fluidex is an online bibliographic database published by Elsevier Science. It provides a source of information for all aspects of fluid engineering, fluids' behavior and applications.The database provides abstracts of articles from approximately 500 scientific and technical journals. It contains 274,000 records from 1974 to the present with 15,000 records added annually. There are links to full-text articles if your library has access to electronic journals via Science Direct.Subject coverage includes instrumentation, experimental techniques, pneumatics, fluid mechanics, seals, mixers, sealing, mixing processes, separators, coastal engineering, separation processes, offshore engineering, process equipment, operations & utilities, heat exchange, ports & harbors, lubrication, pipes & pipelines, applications, hydraulics, industrial corrosion, and pumps.

Fluidex is an online bibliographic database published by Elsevier Science. It provides a source of information for all aspects of fluid engineering, fluids' behavior and applications.The database provides abstracts of articles from approximately 500 scientific and technical journals. It contains 274,000 records from 1974 to the present with 15,000 records added annually. There are links to full-text articles if your library has access to electronic journals via Science Direct.Subject coverage includes instrumentation, experimental techniques, pneumatics, fluid mechanics, seals, mixers, sealing, mixing processes, separators, coastal engineering, separation processes, offshore engineering, process equipment, operations & utilities, heat exchange, ports & harbors, lubrication, pipes & pipelines, applications, hydraulics, industrial corrosion, and pumps.

Fluidex is an online bibliographic database published by Elsevier Science. It provides a source of information for all aspects of fluid engineering, fluids' behavior and applications.The database provides abstracts of articles from approximately 500 scientific and technical journals. It contains 274,000 records from 1974 to the present with 15,000 records added annually. There are links to full-text articles if your library has access to electronic journals via Science Direct.Subject coverage includes instrumentation, experimental techniques, pneumatics, fluid mechanics, seals, mixers, sealing, mixing processes, separators, coastal engineering, separation processes, offshore engineering, process equipment, operations & utilities, heat exchange, ports & harbors, lubrication, pipes & pipelines, applications, hydraulics, industrial corrosion, and pumps.

Fluidex is an online bibliographic database published by Elsevier Science. It provides a source of information for all aspects of fluid engineering, fluids' behavior and applications.The database provides abstracts of articles from approximately 500 scientific and technical journals. It contains 274,000 records from 1974 to the present with 15,000 records added annually. There are links to full-text articles if your library has access to electronic journals via Science Direct.Subject coverage includes instrumentation, experimental techniques, pneumatics, fluid mechanics, seals, mixers, sealing, mixing processes, separators, coastal engineering, separation processes, offshore engineering, process equipment, operations & utilities, heat exchange, ports & harbors, lubrication, pipes & pipelines, applications, hydraulics, industrial corrosion, and pumps.