January 10, 2013
- Ask Joanne to investigate wet tiles. (Stephanie?)
- Plan to have a meeting in April about innovative/betas and/or things to be fixed, from UX point of view. On agenda for next meeting to consider more.
- Add additional ideas for agenda options on our agenda page.
Nov. 8, 2012
- Remlee to give us copies of the journey map handout from the UIE conference
- Darcy to contact Melissa and Marion about our breakfast idea for UX team-building in December
- Nicole to contact Joanne about inviting us on the calendar and making reservations: Tues. Dec. 11, 9 - 10:30 am, Henrietta's Table in Harvard Square
Oct. 2012
- a working meeting for a subset of us on the meganav design
September 20, 2012
None!
August 10, 2012
Nicole:
- Will put on the Agenda for the next meeting - decision about E-book reader staff loans.
- Will talk to Pam and Keith about cascading "old" devices.
Georgiana:
- Will send a message to all-lib to obtain feedback about E-book reader staff loans.
Remlee:
- Will write about graveyard betas including the end of the E-book reader public loans.
Stephanie:
- Will talk with Maria R. about collecting public loan kindles and nooks.
July 12, 2012
Nicole:
- Will make changes to FY12 goals (update: done - https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBUX/UX+FY13+Goals)
Georgiana:
- will email Heather D. regarding name for LibAnswers - suggesting Ask Us! Quick Answers (update: done - HD agreed)
Lisa:
- UX retreat in August will now focus on survey data - not Personas. Lisa will plan.
Darcy, Remlee, Lisa:
- Will follow up with Persona creation since it was taken off the larger group's list.
June 14, 2012
Nicole:
- Send reminder email about annual report and which sections we each have to work on
- Wordsmith and consolidate the goals that we whittled down in the meeting
- Organize gift cards for morale
Everyone:
- Look at the links on Lisa's Assessment LibGuide under the Assessment Projects tab to see if the wikis she's linked to are okay to be viewed by the public.
May 17, 2012
Nicole:
- Forward Library Council goals discussion to UX.
- Plan (with Lisa) UX retreat for July. Topic: Personas. Ask Joanne to arrange for food.
- For the UX wiki: List criteria for UX goal setting using a grid/chart. Compile sticky notes suggestions.
Lisa:
- Send Nicole a meeting proposal to begin planning UX retreat. Topic: Personas.
Remlee:
- Talk with Joanne about the furniture needs in the UX space.
April 12, 2012
Everyone:
- Darcy says everyone should use Basecamp for their projects while we're still in the pilot phase.
- Check out Remlee's full beta page (if you want more deets from her updates).
Nicole:
- Reschedule the May 10 UX meeting.
- Agenda items for next UX meeting:
- Discussion of next "What's Up with UX" session on June agenda (the session will actually happen in July).
- UX office housekeeping --tables in middle of office, etc.
- Discuss things that should have more time/resources behind them (see brainstorm list below)
Remlee/Stephanie make wiki page for life cycle study ideas:
- finding a book (physically)
- borrowing a book (including courtesy notices)
- borrowing from other institutions
- getting technical help
- finding a spot to study/reserve a study space
- mobile services
- getting help in general, whether virtual and in-person
Brainstorm of things that should have more time/resources behind them:
- developing new betas
- getting our documentation in shape
- staff web
- automated messages to users
- assessment LibGuide
- do more with Google analytics
- following up with users from digital and space studies to let subjects and outside world know what we did
- we should also look at our idea seeds and see which ones we should elevate to get resources for.
- doing more with loaning e-reading devices to users
- a tool that can deal with our qualitative data
- using user testimonials
Feb, 9, 2012
Remlee:
- update ebook device staff loan wiki page to continue throughout the calendar year
- talk to Joanne about it
- draft message to all-lib inviting them to sign up again (use old email as template)
- email Maria to let her know we're keeping the public loan program going AS IS for now
Nicole:
update draft iPad request form for staff to include:
- option for iPod Touch
- option for semester loaner vs. ongoing personal ownership
- make it standard practice to include smart cover (for iPads) and $25 app gift card
- suggest Deb & Nicole for who approves them
- work with Deb to propose it to Steve
get a bunch more chargers for iOS devices, and dongles to connect iPad to project and Macs to projector (various Mac models)
Darcy:
- plan first UX snacks & informal updates session (for an afternoon between now and next UX meeting)
- thin of cool name for it (everyone contribute ideas)
- ask Joanne to schedule and get food
- get new iPod Touch at Apple Store and give receipt to Joanne (charge to UX emerging tech budget)... copy Nicole
January 12, 2012
Everyone:
- Work on the tweaks to your gamestorming write-ups. Finish by Jan. 31. Here's the doc with notes from the meeting re: tweaks.
- Try to get to Music to try the mobile music with QR codes beta.
Nicole:
- Will pull info from the gamestorming write-ups to made a 1 or 2 page document for Library Council retreat input.
- Draft a message to gamestorming participants to tell them what we're doing with these ideas.
December 8, 2011
Everyone: Write up the details of each gamestorming ideas result using the template Nicole provided. See the list of ideas to flesh out for who's writing up which topic. Put your write-ups on a child page of ideas to flesh out. See Nicole's child page example, if needed. Deadline is Jan. 5.
Lisa: Set up appointment with Nicole to look into options for central place for user comments. (also invite Lisa for Google Fusion demo?)
Putting off til January meeting: Betas review, e-reader topics, idea of UX holding regular staff info./update sessions
November 10, 2011
Remlee & Nicole: continue Gamestorming planning
Remlee:
- DONE - Schedule another meeting with Nicole for Brainstorming
- DONE - Send a link to Nicole for the UIG wiki for discovery tools.
Nicole:
- Talk to Joanne to set up a catered lunch for UX morale lunch. Thursdays 12-1 in late December?
- Revisit in January - idea of offering UX informational workshops for librarians, and offer "Writing for the Web" again (based on Darcy's idea from EDUi conference)
- Revisit in January - talk again about what sort of wrap-up we should do (video, paper, etc.) that we could send to people.
Lisa S: Bring color printouts of heat maps to Gamestorming
September 8, 2011
Lisa & Nicole: Talk about setting up a "wormhole" meeting with Stanford counterparts.
Darcy: Put a slightly revised version of our UX elevator pitch on staff web page & public department directory.
Lisa: Invite all of UX to dress rehearsal for all-staff meeting.
August 11, 2011
Present: Nicole, Darcy, Remlee, Stephanie, Lisa S., Georgiana (notes)
Next Meeting
Meeting time will be changed from 3-5 to 2-4 on Thursdays starting with the September meeting
We will revisit Design Thinking next meeting continuing with Interpretation and Ideation.
Elevator Pitch
Elevator pitch - finished! Final version is posted on wiki. Everyone should practice the pitch out loud.
July 14, 2011
Present: Nicole, Darcy, Remlee, Stephanie, Lisa H., Georgiana (notes)
To Dos
Nicole will send the priority time line and annual report to UX.
Elevator Pitch
Nicole, Darcy, Remlee, Georgiana will send their revisions to Stephanie who will condense the revisions into one final pitch...we are almost there!
Announcements
Next outing is Thursday 7/21; details will be shared via email.
Next Meeting
Discuss how to share what UX has done this past year.
UX Advocates
Nicole will put UX Advocates on the September agenda.
June 9, 2011
Library Survey
- Lisa H. Invite all attendees to Library Survey input meeting.
Communication Plan
- Nicole will revise Space Study communication plan to include ethnographic study. Will bring to Steve.
UX Advocates
- Nicole will talk to Remlee to rewrite UX Advocate idea with changes (change word from Advocate, list benefits to other units of participation). Draft for July meeting
E-mail communications
- Georgiana and Stephanie will take a first stab at a list of communication email targets (top 10 most used?) to change; will bring to SOT.
Staff e-readers
- Nicole will draft a new message to all-lib inviting everyone to borrow a staff e-book reader. Will ask Joanne to arrange training for X-Space residents to learn how to loan and take back. Will order a new B&W Nook to add.
- Lisa S. will make a new wiki page with same permissions, 1 week time slots with option for 2 weeks in a row, through Dec. 31.
Public e-readers
- Steph, Darcy, Remlee? will plan for maintenance of public e-book readers. Will include a card or sticker that links to the ereader FAQ.
UX team-building
- Georgiana will invite the group to a UX lunch on June 15, 11:30-1.
- Nicole will confirm that lunch time is ok for Marion, will ask Keith if money rolls over to FY12, will email a group to pick a restaurant.
May 19, 2011
Nicole/Darcy: discuss implementation of CampusGuides for staff web
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