July 14, 2011
Present: Nicole, Darcy, Remlee, Stephanie, Lisa, 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
Steph: look into ideas for a creativity workshop
Remlee (& Steph?): explore idea of UX advocates
Nicole/Steph/Darcy: meet to plan UX Summit (Darcy will find meeting time within the next 2 weeks)
Nicole: invite Melissa and Georgiana to future UX meetings, starting in July
April 14, 2011
Nicole:
- Plan for a "summit" with all UX staff (UX & UIG) 2-4 times a year, to make sure we're all aware of what's going on with different groups and that we're working toward the same goals.
- Put on next agenda: Continue discussion about planning for blending virtual & physical space services planning.
- Put on future agenda: Ideas for holding system-wide creativity workshops related to user study results.
Remlee:
- Experiment with making a quick video update on something to see if it's a good idea for providing updates (ex., user studies, UIG updates, tour of UX space)
Stephanie:
- Talk to Nicole about some sort of team training.
- Ask Joanne to get rid of rolly chairs.
All who live in UX space:
- Look in Ikea catalog and put a sticky by your favorite chair. (We decided to get 2 comfy chairs for now. We can get more chairs & a lower table later, if we decide we need them.)
February 10, 2011
Nicole:
- get agreement from Steve and others that other groups share responsibility and ownership in projects we work with them on; look into incorporating this into our scope statement
- research main bins
Darcy: research trash cans
Stephanie: research cord management
Lisa: order name tags for spaces
Everyone: look at potential chairs for UX space
December 9, 2010
Stephanie/Roshni: PFAD - summarize the results a little more and send out to UX; find a place on the UX wiki to put this.
Darcy: WorldCat - add to UIG agenda - get rid of beta (labeling on site and take off betas page), think about how we want to position it (invite Stephanie, Cassandra, Melissa); follow up with marketing group
Rich/ChristineQ/Nina: WorldCat - determine/document technical support
LisaH: revise UX FY11 Goals
Everyone: Fill out lotus blossom charts for Lisa (kept in UX space)
October 14, 2010
Nicole:
- Put stars in the Goals for UX brainstorm page for Space and Virtual Sites: - DONE https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBUX/Goals+for+UX+brainstorm
- Convene fast acting team for loaning new devices (iPads, Kindles, etc.) with Lisa H, Lisa S, & Stephanie. Include Ellen & some IDLA folks in the discussion. Get back to Christine about retiring the oldest Kindle.
- Add to next agenda: experimenting in UX with various devices (iPads and beyond) and giving Libraries staff the option to borrow devices
- Add to future agenda: helping selectors figure out which ebook packages are best for users (ebrary vs. NetLibrary, etc.)
- Add to November or December agenda: discuss Patron for a Day outcome & next steps
- Set up meeting with various departments to talk about ideas for the user needs study. (DONE). Then convene Lisa H, Lisa S, & Stephanie to figure out how to proceed.
Darcy:
- By next November UX meeting: go to the top of the wiki page for "Goals for UX "
Add a section for Virtual Sites category. Rewrite & refine top few goals for that section. (Goals are broad.)
Lisa H:
- By next November UX meeting: go to the top of the wiki page for Goals for UX
Add a section for Assessment category. Rewrite & refine top few goals for that section. (Goals are broad.)
Remlee:
- By next November UX meeting: go to the top of the wiki page for Goals for UX
Add a section for Marketing category. Rewrite & refine top few goals for that section. (Goals are broad.)
Stephanie:
- Send Patron for a Day email on Monday or Tuesday (10/18-19)
- By next November UX meeting: go to the top of the wiki page for Goals for UX
Add a section for Space category. Rewrite & refine top few goals for that section. (Goals are broad.)
Sept 9, 2010
- see notes here:
https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBUX/UX+Strategy+group+meeting+notes
August 11, 2010
Notes from user needs brainstorming exercise
All:
- If you have ideas for emerging tech subgroup to explore, let Nicole know. (Ideas: text reference, e-books, etc.)
- Tell Nicole if you're interested in attending the CLIR workshop about faculty user needs studies in September.
Nicole:
- Idea to get students' input: do brain-writing exercise with students
Darcy:
- Send reminder to Nicole to put on UX agenda: how to represent library spaces on web site
Remlee:
- Set up meeting with Nicole about App Maker
- Make sure that staff members know about SCVNGR tour
- Ask Heather to put on next marketing agenda: Interviews with different staff members or happy customers to post on web site.
Lisa S:
- Email Nicole with idea about lecture series.
Stephanie:
- Carry on with Patron for a Day and have exercises ready to test by next UX meeting. (Or email group, if better.)
June 10, 2010
All:
- Think about communication plans for all-lib
- Share results of task execution/Patron for a Day in early October with staff in a brown bag session.
Emerging tech group for fall: Remlee, Stephanie, Bill (& Noel)
Nicole:
- Buy a couple of Flip video cameras to use for studies.
- Segment agenda page to add a parking lot area.
- Invite Noel to be part of Emerging Tech group for fall.
- Write bullets for RPPT message. Will send to group to edit.
- Talk to Christine Q about which of her staff have time to work with us.
Darcy:
- Draft Google spreadsheet to record and display projects for UX and UIG
Allison:
- Prep for ebooks reading meeting
Remlee:
Stephanie:
- Develop list of tasks to accomplish in spaces. Work with 2 people from Christine Q's group. "Patron for a Day"