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Students studying in the background, with a laptop and tablet in the foreground.
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  • Denise Leyton
Snapshots of User Behavior through a Photo Diary Study and Seat Sweeps
In April 2023, the U-M Library opened a newly renovated floor, the Clark Commons, on the 3rd floor of the Shapiro Library. During the first year the Clark Commons was open (April 2023-May 2024), we collected a number of data points to assess whether the design goals for the public spaces on the floor were being met and to try to capture use trends. Throughout this initiative, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods were used to capture both attitudinal and behavioral data in order to document lessons learned from this renovation that could be applied during future renovations.
Photo of a table and paperwork for focus group interviews.
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  • Lulu Zhou
Zoned Spaces Sign Evaluation: Combining Focus Groups and Participatory Design
In Fall 2022, the Library Environments department began a pilot of two designated “zoned” spaces in response to user feedback asking for more information about what to expect from a study space. We conducted focus groups and integrated participatory design to learn about how users are perceiving and experiencing these labeled spaces.
University of Michigan library study spaces website
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  • Marjunique Louis
Working in Collaboration: The Library Environments UX Research Team and The Library Information Technology Design and Discovery Team
As students, we all know the struggle of trying to find the perfect study space on campus. The Library Environments UX Research Team and the Library Information Technology Design and Discovery (D&D) Team worked together to improve the user experience of the Library’s study spaces booking website.
A graph showing "percent of reservations kept" overlaid with an image of a COVID-19 coronavirus
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  • Kat King
Adapting Operations Data Collection in Response to COVID-19 (Part 2)
The interruption to library services caused by COVID-19 meant we needed to quickly develop new data collection strategies to give us information to manage our modified services for the 2020-2021 academic year. It also gave us an opportunity to conduct a deep reflection and assessment of how our regular collection had been going, and to be ready to make changes as we reinstituted more regular services. In two posts, we describe the evolution of our data collection efforts.
A graph showing "percent of reservations kept" overlaid with an image of a COVID-19 coronavirus
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  • Mark A Chaffee
Adapting Operations Data Collection in Response to COVID-19 (Part 1)
The interruption to library services caused by COVID-19 meant we needed to quickly develop new data collection strategies to give us information to manage our modified services for the 2020-2021 academic year. It also gave us an opportunity to conduct a deep reflection and assessment of how our regular collection had been going, and to be ready to make changes as we reinstituted more regular services. In two posts, we describe the evolution of our data collection efforts.