[Sigia-l] Fwd: FW: Grand Opening of the SLIS Usability Lab at Kent State

[Samantha Bailey]

Apologies if this has already been posted, but thought it was pretty
cool and wanted to share.

sb


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum
> [mailto:JESSE at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas J. Froehlich
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:56 AM
> To: JESSE at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
> Subject: Grand Opening of the SLIS Usability Lab at Kent State
>
> This week, April 17-21, is Grand Opening Week of the SLIS
> Usability Lab, used for research in the Master's Program in
> Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM -
> http://iakm.kent.edu) and in the School of Library and
> Information Science (SLIS - http://www.slis.kent.edu). It is
> a state-or-the-art facility, with the latest eye-tracking
> hardware and several analytical and statistical software
> packages. It has already attracted a variety of research projects.
>
> As part of the celebrations, SLIS and the IAKM program are
> hosting a panel discussion on usability on Wednesday, April
> 19, from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in Room 332 of the library.
> The following usability professionals will be speaking on
> current issues in the field, followed by a question and
> answer session with the audience:
>
> Monica Fry, Intuit
> Jeff Janis, Progressive Insurance
> Jeff Pearl, eMergent Marketing
> Ken Weiss, Progressive Insurance
>
> Should you wish to attend the event, please contact the IAKM
> office at 330-672-5840 or iakminfo at kent.edu. Tours of the lab
> will be available throughout the week, but contact the IAKM
> office for the schedule.
>


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