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For the past 150 years, Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh has become the community bank for the Brooklyn area, garnering loyal, lifelong customers and a well established reputation. In an effort to aid Dime Bank in better serving both their loyal customers as well as prospective ones, three evaluators from Pratt Institute’s School of Information and Library Science conducted usability tests on Dime Bank’s website.
This design story documents the process of redesigning the Bronx County Historical (BCHS) website. BCHS presents a wide range of historical materials, is active in fundraising, and hosts monthly public events. It places a great deal of importance on its website in promoting its mission and sharing its resources, but does so in a crowded digital environment. New York City is home to many historical and cultural organizations that are in competition with BCHS for attention and fundraising dollars.
A story of how We’re From Geocities, a design team from Pratt Institute, used information architecture and interaction design best practices to re-design the website of National Film Preservation Board.
The Desk Set, a design team made up of library and information specialists, applied information architecture and interaction design best practices to a website re-design of The Grolier Club.
This video was created as if I were giving an academic job talk for a position at the University of North Texas Libraries. The topic I was assigned for my presentation was, “current and emerging trends in digital media preservation and how libraries have/can/should address these needs.”
A survey of the practice of digitization of archival collections, how it is being accomplished, what the benefits of it are, and what concerns need to be kept in mind.
My paper is centered on digital literacy, digital inclusion, the challenges public libraries face in becoming more digitally inclusive (e.g., funding), the importance of access to broadband, and examines libraries’ central roles in bridging digital divides in the United States.
This is a set of materials for a potential after school book club. The club involves middle school aged students reading a selection of books, writing reviews, and voting for a winner. Includes an informational brochure, bookmark, and advertising poster for this club.
In today’s world, technology has caused many aspects of librarianship to evolve, and has started to integrate new and intuitive ways to organize information. Folksonomies are an example…
Colleges and universities now struggle fulfill mission statements which include teaching information literacy skills to undergraduates. I suggest embedded librarianship (EL)—growing in popularity on campuses across the nation—as…
This is a paper addressing current concerns in legal libraries and librarianship, particularly those arising from the rise of digital resources. My presentation itself focuses on the technology-driven push for innovation, particularly issues presented by legal blogs.
This project evaluates the experiences of users navigating the official website of the Bronxville Public Library. A user testing study was developed and administered by four usability researchers to gather both quantitative and qualitative data and assess the experiential issues of website users.
What is in a name? Why do we need naming conventions in the first place? A naming convention is one of those things that people take for granted….
Laura Cooper Brown – lbrow266@gmail.com Suzanne Lipkin – slipkin@pratt.edu Overview: Shearith Israel, founded in New York 1654, is North America’s first and oldest Jewish congregation. This presentation will…
The SafetyNet team proposed a complete re-design of the Sean Casey Animal Rescue website, including a completely overhauled information architecture and user interface. Project work included a content…
The DDJJ team proposed a complete re-design of the Hispanic Society of America website, including a completely overhauled information architecture and user interface. Project work included a content…
Music Digital Cataloging An overview of music cataloging in the digital age, with special attention to the treatment of genre. A brief history, various current approaches, from controlled…
WeReaders A Case Study of the Use of Twitter in a Research Survey ewillse We tested Twitter as an instrument for recruiting participants and generating research data,…
Take Me, Buy Me, Read Me and Overheard Fans are two physical special collections created for a train-themed exhibit Commuting and Communing, the final project for the Museum…
The Donor Party, www.thedonorparty.com, is a linked open data website created by Pratt SILS students in The Museum and the Network class. It contains a home-made database and…