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Abstract

5th Anniversary of Upplýsing

Upplýsing - The Icelandic Library and Information

Science Association (Upplýsing - Félag bókasafns og

upplýsingafræða, www.upplysing.is) was founded on

the lst of January 2000 by the merger of four Icelandic

library associations. It serves as professional association

in the field of library and information science and as

a leading force in the professional debate, aiming

at increased understanding of the role of Icelandic

libraries and information centers for culture, education

and science and enhance cooperation. Members

are now around 500, individuals and institutions as

well. The association publishes Bókasafnið (www.

bokasafnid.is), a professional magazine on library and

information science and issues the newsletter Fregnir,

for more general information. Furthermore history

of the Icelandic library associations was published

in 2004 under the title: A leið til upplýsingar. Saga

Bókavarðafélags Islands, aðildarfélaga þess og Félags

bókasafnsfræðinga. Upplýsing has (in cooperation with

others) developed a new branch of study for library

technicians in secondary schools. Upplýsing, and its

members take part in various comittees and activities

abroad and at home as well, i.e. EBLIDA, IFLA,

NVBF, IASL, Nord I&D. Upplýsing has organised

international conferences as a result of cooperation.

Upplýsing also offers its members various lectures,

library visits and courses to broaden the education of

its members.

Abstract

Usability Study of University Web

Sites in Iceland

The web is an extremely flexible medium for publ-

ishing information and today all major educational

institutions have large web sites. Unfortunately

many of those web sites are created without real

regard for users and their tasks. In turn their usabi-

lity varies greatly and task support is limited, as

the results of this study show.

In the Spring of 2004 a usability study was per-

formed on four different university web sites in

Iceland using a combination of three methods

of study: observation, think-aloud protocol anal-

ysis and questionnaires. The web sites of the

four largest universities in Iceland were chos-

en for the test: University of Iceland, Reykjavík

University, Iceland University of Education and

University of Akureyri. The aim of the study was

to study the web sites' usability by gathering

information about how the web sites support-

ed some common tasks of their potential users.

Observational studies were performed and post-

task questionnaire was created to measure three

key aspects of usability: users' perceptions of sat-

isfaction, efficiency and effectiveness. A post-test

questionnaire was created to gather more specific

information about the users' opinion about the

individual web sites. The aim was also to develop

a simple set of guidelines for best practice and set

up a standardised usability test that could be app-

lied to most web sites. It has proved useful to test a

taxonomy of web sites in parallel with developing

such a test, as their different designs and navigat-

ion methods make different contributions to the

best practice guidelines for usability.

ÖÓKASA

FNID 29. ARG. 2005

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