[Asis-l] Indiana Chapter: Websites Th at t Work: User-Centered Design

[Pascal V. Calarco]

Please join us for our Fall 2006 program on library user-centered design 
  on November 17, 2006 at the Community Education Coalition Columbus 
Learning Center in Columbus, IN (4555 Central Ave., Columbus, IN).

This is a joint program sponsored by the Indiana Chapter of the American 
Society for Information Science & Technology, and the Indiana Online 
User Group.

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"Websites Th@ Work: User-Centered Design"
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Libraries have been designing their web-presence for more than a decade. 
  How do we approach our Internet presence now?  Usability, Adaptive 
Technology, and Audiences of all ages impact how we design our sites.

Keynote:
Frank Cervone (Northwestern University)
"Moving Beyond Usability: Reaching Out to People in a Fragmented 
Information Space"

Speakers:
Ian McKinney (Allen County Public Library)
"Exploding the Myth of the Teen Superuser: Web Design for a Teen Audience"

Kristi Barber (ATTAIN)
"Accessible Websites and Adaptive Technology"

Pascal Calarco and Aaron Bales (University of Notre Dame)
"Do It Yourself Usability Workshop: A Hands-on Approach"

Schedule for the Day:

9:00 -- 9:30		Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 –10:00		I-ASIS&T and IOLUG Business Meetings
10:15 – 11:30		Keynote Speaker – Frank Cervone
11:30 – 12:30		Lunch and Networking;
                         also Tours of Columbus Center
12:30 – 1:20		Speaker – Ian McKinney
1:20 – 2:10		Speaker – Kristi Barber
2:10 – 2:30		Break and Networking
2:30 – 3:20		Speaker/Workshop – Pascal Calarco and Aaron Bales

Cost: $25 for current ASIS&T and IOLUG members
       $45 for all others (this option includes one-year
           membership in IOLUG)

Registration coming soon!  Watch http://www.iolug.org/programs.html and 
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/IASIS/events.html for details!

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Pascal V. Calarco, MLIS
Head, Library Systems & Faculty of Economics Liaison
University Libraries of Notre Dame/
Michiana Academic Library Consortium
Notre Dame, IN USA 46556-5629
e-mail: pcalarco at nd.edu tel.: 574-631-3409
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