[Sigia-l] Automated Online Card Sorting Tools?

[Sabharwal, Arjun]

Greetings!
 
I agree with Andrew: a manual card sort works best.  It will produce results most suited to your organization because this process is typically intersubjective and interdisciplinary, as it engages people with perspectives and specializations that make your organization unique.
 
Here is an article I read some time ago.  I think, this approach can be adopted for a variety of organizations:
 
Duncan, J., and Holliday, W. (2008, July). The role of information Architecture in designing a third-generation library Web site. College & Research Libraries, 69 (4), 301-316.
 
http://ftrf.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/2008/jul/crljuly08ab.cfm (click on the PDF link to read the article)
 
And there is also this: 
 
What's in a Name? Using Card Sorting to Evaluate Branding in an Academic Library's Web Site  
Peter Hepburn and Krystal M. Lewis
 
http://ftrf.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/2008/may/May08.cfm (PDF also available)
 
Regards,
 
-- Arjun
 
Arjun Sabharwal
Digital Initiatives Librarian/Assistant Professor
Carlson Library Mail Stop #509
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390
419.530.2321/530.4497
email: arjun.sabharwal at utoledo.edu
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 12:43:38 +1100
From: Andrew Boyd <facibus at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Automated Online Card Sorting Tools?
To: Judith.A.Blankman at wellsfargo.com
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On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:53 AM, <Judith.A.Blankman at wellsfargo.com> wrote:

> We are aware of Optimal Sort, was wondering if there are others that
> anyone would recommend. Looking for low or no cost solutions that work
> well and are easy to use (of course!). Purpose is to demonstrate card
> sorting to an interdisciplinary team consisting of folks with and
> without online UX experience. We want to be able to aggregate input from
> between 10-25 users for a single project.
>
>
Judith,

an observation: complicated is easy :) Easy to use usually costs more to
produce (and depending on the business model, usually costs more for the
customer to access).

A suggestion, made in the full knowledge that I do not know for sure if it
fits your circumstances: demonstrate card sorting manually (with physical
cards) to sell them on the process, and then there may be more funding
support for tools that help to automate the process.

Best regards, Andrew

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Andrew Boyd
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