ISO Standards UI Guidelines for Usability

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ISO Standards UI Guidelinesfor Usability

• By Norma Palomino
• February 20th, 2003

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ISO Standards and UI guidelines for Usability

• Do libraries need usability standards in their
  OPACs?....
• UTnetCat

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ISO standards for usability

• Family of ISO standards for usability
• Use of the product
• effectiveness --gt extent
• efficiency --gt amount of effort
• satisfaction --gt comfort
• ISO 9241-11 Guidance on Usability
• User interface and interaction

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ISO standards for usability
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UI guidelines for usability

• Clear navigation aids
• Icons
• IFLA Bibliographic standard GUI Icon Sets
• Browse
• Find
• Help

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UI guidelines for usability

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• Keyword search

• Subject search!

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UI guidelines for usability

• No dead-end pages
• Direct access
• Feedback and dialog
• Accessibility offer alternative ways of getting
  information
• CCS issue

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ISO Standards and UI guidelines for Usability

• and finally!...
• Many librarians feel that when a State of GUI
  is achieved, Nirvana will follow and all will be
  well.
• Schuyler, Michael. Achieving a State of GUI,
  Nirvana and Beyond, in Computers in Libraries,
  Nov./Dec. 1998.
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