2021-2022 Usability Retrospective

Date

June 21, 2022

Date

June 21, 2022

Members

  • Kellen Carpenter

  • Cory Nimer

  • Althea Topek

Charge

The charge of the Usability subteam is to develop functional and practical recommendations to the program that streamline navigation, clarify the visual layout, identify accessibility improvements, and enhance the ease of use of the existing program for both the staff and public interface of the ArchivesSpace software application.

Accomplishments

  • Met monthly during the 2021-2022 term

  • Reviewed Spawning specification and submitted feedback (as part of the AS 2021-2022 roadmap)

  • Reviewed PDF improvements and submitted feedback (as part of the AS 2021-2022 roadmap)

  • Reviewed “usability” tickets

Leadership and Roster Change

  • December 2021 - change in sub-team leadership (Joanne Archer’s departure from UAC; Althea Topek as lead for the remaining term)

  • February 2022 - change in roster (Kate Blalack’s departure from UAC)

Future Priorities

  • Review digital objects functionality and best practices

2022-2023 Leadership

  • Lead: Althea Topek

  • Vice Lead: Cory Nimer