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UX Activities

The UX Design Team provides a broad range of assessment, design, usability and web production services to the California Digital Library program and service areas. Formally established in 2005, the team is deeply integrated into the CDL service development process and has contributed significantly to the majority of projects undertaken since its inception. A sampling of recent work includes:

Current UX Activities

CDL Website Re-platforming Project (2017 – Present)
Interaction specification, layout design, information architecture, usability testing, content strategy

Web Accessibility Guidelines and Checklist (2017 – Present)
Usability testing, content strategy

Past UX Activities

DMP Roadmap (2016 – Present)
Needs assessment, UX design, information architecture, usability testing

Calisphere Complex Objects    (2016 – 2017)
Needs assessment, UX design, information architecture, usability testing

eScholarship Redesign (2015 – 2017)
Interaction specifications, layout design, information architecture, usability testing, content strategy

UI Component Library (2015 – 2017)
Web development

CDL Website Content Assessment (2015 – 2017)
Content strategy, web development

WEST Program Assessment Survey (2016 – 2016)
Needs assessment, survey design, data analysis

DASH Redesign (2015 – 2016)
Usability testing, UX design

EZID Redesign (2014 – 2016)
Usability testing, UX design, content strategy, web development

Calisphere (2014 – 2015)
Needs assessment, requirements, UX design, web production, usability

DMPTool 2.0 (2014)
Web production

Office of Scholarly Communication (2013)
UX design, web production, CMS selection and implementation

UC Reprints (2013)
Web production

UC Libraries (2012 – 2013)
UX design, web production, CMS selection and implementation

CDL Mobile Website (2010)
Needs assessment, requirements, UX design, web production, and usability testing

CDL Mobile Strategy Research (2009 – 2010)
Interviews, surveys, use case scenarios, testing, strategic recommendations

CDL Website Redesign (2009 – 2010)
Needs assessment, requirements, UX design, web production, and usability testing

Online Archive of California (OAC) Redesign (2008 – 2009)
UX design, web production, assessment activities, and usability testing