Libraries, Information Services and Museums
Reaching Broad Audiences with Information Services and Education
Through the Internet, libraries and museums reach a broad spectrum of audiences who look to these organizations as expert resources for research, lesson plans, help completing assignments, planning field trips and more. Libraries and museums are responding by using their websites to make more of their collections and programs available to the public than ever before.
Macadamian Usability's
usability experts have used our proven DAViD methodology to
analyze user needs, create user interaction models and design online interfaces
for a variety of library, archives and museum projects. We are adept at helping
clients to develop rich online resources that meet the needs of a
broad range of users. Our experience includes helping libraries and museums
in Canada and the United States to:
- Fulfill their educational mandates through the development of online learning objects and lesson plans.
- Expand their reach and funding base through online programs that meet a range of user needs across a number of geographies.
- Promote their collections and programs and help teachers and parents to plan field trips.
- Enhance their bricks-and-mortar collections by making fragile materials available in digital form, safely revealing rarely seen books, archives and collections.
- Collaborate with other institutions to collectively provide more information than is possible to do independently.
Libraries and museums benefit from our direct work with the full range of their online users - including researchers, policy makers, enterprises, teachers, students and the general public. Through our analysis, we look beyond users' preferences to understand actual behaviours and we translate that into effective information architectures, user interfaces and website designs.
For more information about how you can engage Macadamian Usability to ensure the success of your current or planned online library or museum project, please e-mail design@macadamian.com, or call us at +1 (416) 214-2854 Toronto office or +1 (613) 820-2179 Ottawa office.
Our Library and Information Services Expertise
- User research for libraries
- Usability testing of information services
- Internet presence
- Staff Intranet
- Library catalogues and archives
Selected Library Clients
- Legislative Library of Ontario
- Library of Parliament
- Library and Archives Canada
- Toronto Public Library