Posted by Scott W. H. Young on 2025-04-25
The latest issue of Weave is now available to read on our website: https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/weaveux/issue/384/info/
Our Spring 2025 issue features 2 articles:
Applying UEQ-S and VisAWI-S to Evaluate the User Experience of Four Online Information Literacy Tutorials
By Laura Alexandra Jacyna
Brandon University
In this study, I applied the User Experience Questionnaire Short Version and the Visual Aesthetics of Website Inventory: Short Version to assess and improve the user experience of four online information literacy tutorials. I compared non-gamified tutorials with revised tutorials that incorporated user feedback improvements and gamification elements. The subsequent versions provided a more positive user experience. With a larger participant pool, overall UEQ-S mean values indicated neutral user experiences for three tutorials, while one showed a positive user experience. Given university students’ familiarity with digital technology, neutral user experience results are reasonable, considering the comprehensive academic content of these tutorials. The UEQ-S and VisAWI-S were valuable for developing information literacy tutorials to provide an improved user experience.
Designing and Implementing a Universal Header and Footer Across Disparate Library Web Properties
By Eric Weig, Neal Powers, and MLE Slone
University of Kentucky Libraries
A consistent header and footer can establish branding and create a consistent experience across disparate websites. Beginning in fall 2022, the University of Kentucky Libraries developed a universal header and footer for its web properties. We wrote the header and footer in JavaScript without using frameworks or third-party packages, and we deploy from a centralized location. Individual site managers can configure some aspects of the header and footer while preserving the consistent experience. In this article, we outline our design and implementation of this feature.
Our mission at Weave is to make libraries and UX practitioners better. We think these two articles help achieve that, and we hope you also find them thought-provoking and useful.
— The Weave editorial team