2005 SSP 27th Annual Meeting
Seminar 3 – Web Site Usability: There’s More to Design Than Looking Good
We all know what a good design is when we see it. Or do we? A Web site can look good but not suit its users’ needs. Whether your Web site is directed to society members or scholars, researchers or authors, students or professionals, your site’s success is tied directly to how easy it is navigate and how well it helps users accomplish what they are trying to do. As delivery of information via the Internet matures, it is increasingly important that your organization’s Web site be organized and presented in a way that provides users what they expect-easily and quickly. Are you providing your users with a design that facilitates finding what they are searching for? How do you know what that is and how they find it on your site?
Speakers
Elizabeth Brown
David Lindahl
Todd Carpenter
Todd Carpenter is Executive Director of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), a non-profit industry trade association that fosters the development and maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information used in publishing, research, and learning. Throughout his career, Todd has served in a variety of roles with organizations that connected the publisher and library communities. Prior to joining NISO, Todd had been Director of Business Development with BioOne. He has also held management positions at The Johns Hopkins University Press, the Energy Intelligence Group, and The Haworth Press. Todd also currently serves SSP as its Secretary/Treasurer.
Greg Fagan
Sarah Tyrchnievicz
