Alternatives to obsolescence - reimagining the role(s) of yesterday's media, formats, and platforms. Patrick Wallace Middlebury College, United States of America
This presentation will overview some notable examples of "obsolete" technologies' remarkable survivability, and explore how they challenge our professional training, research data, and assumptions regarding library users and user experiences.
Trauma surfaces: toward survivor-centered interfaces for digital archives Noah Geraci University of California, Riverside
What could a survivor-centered interface for digital archives look like? How might an online system facilitating access to records of trauma and violence be structured to express empathy for its users? This presentation explores practical examples and imagines answers to these questions informed by critical archival studies and feminist HCI.
Examining the case for Direct Deposit: Testing the UX in an institutional repository after an academic library and a publisher collaborate Chelsea Dinsmore, Laura Spears University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
The UF Libraries assessed user responses to new technical and visual features. to support the addition of publisher supplied metadata. The assessment raised known issues but also highlighted challenges faced when attempting to integrate access to materials which exist behind a paywall for some users into an open-access discovery interface.
