[MNASIS-L] World Usability Day, November 11, U of M Event

[Janet Arth]

The U of M Twin Cities' Office of Information Technology (OIT) is
sponsoring a free program of events beginning at 9:45 a.m. on
Thursday, November 11, for World Usability Day. The purpose of the
program is to promote awareness of the benefits of usability
engineering and user-centered design.

You are invited to join us for a program including speakers on
usability topics and an Open House at the Usability Services
Laboratory.

• All students, staff, faculty, and the general public are invited.

• Events will take place in Walter Library on the East Bank of the
Twin Cities campus (http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/WaLib/).

• All events are free of charge and no registration is necessary.

Events include:

9:45-10:00 a.m. | 402 Walter Library
Program Introduction: “About World Usability Day”

10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | 402 Walter Library
Presentation: “User Centered Design Link Labeling Methods”

11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | 402 Walter Library
Presentation: “Accessible and Usable Documents”

Noon - 1:15 p.m. | B-26 Walter Library
Open House at the Usability Lab

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | 402 Walter Library
Presentation: “Listening to Your Data”


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Janet M. Arth, Systems Librarian
University of Minnesota Libraries Enterprise Technology
499 Wilson Library (mail)
569 Wilson Library (office)
309-19th Avenue South    email: arth at umn.edu
Minneapolis, MN              phone: 612-624-9860