Top Technology Trends

User Experience and Usability in Academic Libraries

Peter Morville’s UX Honeycombe, http://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-experience.html

Optimal Workshop

• www.optimalworkshop.com• Web-based usability testing software• Pricing• Treejack, OptimalSort, or Chalkmark

• $109 per month, $990 per year, $149 per survey

• The Suite $1,990 per year

Optimizely

• www.optimizely.com• Easy A/B testing for website design improvement• Pricing• Starter: free to test out• Pay as You Go: $49 per 1,000 monthly unique visitors• Enterprise: custom pricing and set up based on your

needs

balsamiq

• balsamiq.com• Wireframe and mockup tool• Pricing• Sinlge User License: $89, one time purchase, desktop

only• Volume Licenses available• Web-based app and plugin available

Thank You

Sarah Arnold Instructional Technology Librarian, UNC-Chapel Hillsjarnold@email.unc.edu