Sept. and October 2012
Sept. 12 - planning meeting
Sept. 14 - deadline for:
purchase Optimal Sort - NH
draft recruitment email - NH
draft volunteer form - RG
pull 125 names from list of volunteers - SH (aiming to get 40 volunteers)
draft of card names (email lists to each other by end of day) - NH & SH
Sept. 17 - send the email to ask for volunteers (link to volunteer form)
(ask for responses by Sept. 20, form results go to NH and SH)
Sept. 19 - deadline for populating Optimal sort with the card names and questions we want to ask - NH & SH
(include question about what are the top things people look for)
Sept. 20 - second half of UX meeting, touch base about everything
- review card names to make sure we're including the right things
- get feedback from Darcy and Georgiana
Sept. 21 - select volunteers and email them the link to Optimal Sort - deadline to respond is Sept. 28
Sept. 25 - send reminder email to participants (need responses by Sept. 28)
Oct. 1 - 12:30 - 2 pm, meet to analyze results (RG, SH, NH)
Oct. 11 - set aside part of UX meeting for this topic
plan verification exercise and use of Treejack tool
create timeline for rest of October
plan for subcategories
think through whether we still need a Search our Collections page and/or how it should be modified
(I've seen some good ideas from some other library sites).
Oct. 15 - decide on number of categories needed
Oct. 31 - final choices for names of categories