Dear Perian I would like to tlak to you about a new project... I will post some ideas on the MCN list serve, but I would like your input. Ciao, am
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> wrote: > Thanks Ari and Robert: > > We've just redesigned the site (same content, new look) and now we're > trying to identify content to add and shift it away from a brochure site > to a content-driven site. But, since our visitors are currently older > and don't use our existing website, we're trying to figure out exactly > what people might want to do on the site. *I* have ideas, based on how > other museums have done this, and various members of the staff want > certain content on the site (we've identified this already), but I don't > want to go full-steam ahead with generating that content at this moment > if there is low interest by the public. > > One of the staff generated a survey, but upon reading it, I feel that > some of you may have already done this, and done it well enough that I > can mooch off of you ;) > > Perian Sully > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Ari Davidow > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:48 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] website evaluations > > Perian, > > I don't have a specific survey to point to, but I think that it is early > to > be worrying about usability and the like, per se. Rather, you want to > find > out how your members (and any other stakeholders) use your existing > site, > what they aren't finding or wish was there, pages/tools on other museum > sites that they would like to see on yours, etc. > > You then have to have a conversation with all relevant stakeholders to > talk > about the purpose of the website--what is it that you want to be > using/should be using (in their opinion) the website for? (Among your > stakeholders, obviously don't exclude yourself, or other knowledgeable > folks > who know the Magnes and the web and have ideas that are out of the > current > box, but might be fun/useful or both.) > > Once you have that sense of what the website should accomplish, and how > it > fits in with your overall branding and development work, you then want > to > focus on the nitty gritty. > > ari > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Robert Weiner <lists at rlweiner.com> > wrote: > > > Dear Perian, > > > > Here are some articles about how to conduct a usability survey: > > http://www.usabilitynet.org/tools/surveys.htm > > http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/papers/schweibenz/schweibenz.html > > > > And here is a sample survey: > > > http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/ocpl/resources/OMBClearance/ODOERGrantsSurvey. > pdf > > > > Run a search for "web usability survey" (without the quotes) and > you'll > > find > > lots. I didn't see many that are specific to museums, but many of the > > issues are common - how easy is it to use the site, what image does it > > project, and can you find what you are looking for? > > > > That said, here's an article on why it's more important to watch users > than > > to ask them for their opinions: > > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010805.html > > > > Robert > > __________________________ > > > > Robert L. Weiner Consulting > > Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational > Institutions > > San Francisco, CA > > > > robert at rlweiner.com > > 415/643-8955 > > > > www.rlweiner.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf > Of > > Perian Sully > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 9:09 AM > > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > > Subject: [MCN-L] website evaluations > > > > Hi all: > > > > > > > > We're redesigning our website and wanted to get a survey out for our > > members, to help us determine the content and the structure of the new > > site. Does anyone have a needs assessment survey or something like who > > would be willing to share? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Perian Sully > > > > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > > > > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > > > 2911 Russell St. > > > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > > > http://www.magnes.org > > > > http://www.musematic.org > > > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
