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In Search of the Lost Book: Improving Library Usability  2nd IGeLU conference in Brno, Czech Republic 3-5 September 2007 Petteri Kivimäki
Background ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],Background
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Getting started
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Usability research
[object Object],[object Object],Usability research
Usability research
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Discoveries
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Locating application
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Locating application
[object Object],[object Object],Locating application
Locating application
Locating application
Locating application
Location search
Topic search
Topic search
Facilities and equipment search
Facilities and equipment search
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Realization and maintenance
Desired result… … a happy user!
Thank you! [email_address] http://lib.tkk.fi/index-en.html http://peppi.hut.fi/pub/viivi/index-en.html

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