Hi Grant,
Thanks for kicking off the discussion! As discussed at OR16, I think
the best way to move this effort forward would be to establish a User
Experience (UX) Interest Group or Working Group. The difference between
the two is that a Working Group signs up to achieve a specific goal (and
therefore is often time limited), while an Interest Group is ongoing
(and is more about discussing ongoing topics of interest).
In the case of a UX group, I suspect it'd be nice to achieve a few
specific tasks, namely beginning to "mock up" the user experience for
the new UI initiative. That way we can ensure that, as the new UI is
built, it is achieving the desired user experience. This may mean it'd
make sense to establish as a Working Group with definitive tasks
assigned to it (at least initially). Though, it'd also be possible to
start with a more general Interest Group, and create a (sub) Working
Group tasked directly with creating such UI mock ups, etc.
All we'd really need to get started is the following:
* One or two people interested in chairing/organizing such a group.
These chair(s) would organize meetings, ensure the notes/output are
publicly documented / reported back, and generally be the main contact
for the group (though they should feel free to delegate heavily to
others in the group to achieve any of these tasks).
* A rough draft of the perceived goals of the group (i.e. the "charge").
I'd be glad to provide feedback / ideas as necessary.
After that, we'd just need approval from the DSpace Steering Group
(which I will gladly help the group achieve). Then the group can begin
to put out a call for more members, and start scheduling meetings,
create a wiki page to store notes, etc. As examples, here's where we've
documented a few other Interest Groups / Working Groups:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Interest+Groups
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Working+Groups
I honestly love this idea, and I hope others would have an interest in
helping us to establish the first DSpace UX Interest Group. It'd be a
great way to ensure that, as we build the new UI for DSpace 7, we are
meeting the expectations and needs of repository managers (and general
users) worldwide.
Definitely let me know if there's any other way I can help. If there
are others on this list interested in joining such a group (or
chairing/co-chairing), I'd encourage you to respond (either on or off list).
Tim
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Tim Donohue
Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect
DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org
On 6/22/2016 5:07 AM, Denkinson, Grant W. wrote:
At Open Repositories 2016 in Dublin last week I went to some great DSpace dev
sessions and offered to help with usability and accessibility testing. I'm
wondering how that is best organised.
Grant
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