Dear all, UPA Boston December Meeting will be hosted at Simmons on 12/12/11, 6-9pm in the Kotzen meeting Room. The event will feature student presentations from my "Usability and User Experience Research" class. The event is sponsored by Simmons GSLIS Technology Group, Simmons ASIST Student Chapter, and Simmons GSLIS Usability Lab. The event is free and open to the UPA, CHI, ASIST, and other interested groups in the greater Boston Area. There will be prize drawing at the event, and dinner is provided. For details, please read the message forwarded below. To register, go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2502815990 Hope to see you there! Rong ---------------------------------------------------------------- Rong Tang, PhD Associate Professor Director, Simmons GSLIS Usability Lab Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 (T) 617-521-2880 (F) 617-521-3192 ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: UPA Boston December Meeting - 12/12 - Student Presentations & Mentoring Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:33:06 GMT From: Dan Berlin <[log in to unmask]> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Howdy folks, On 12/12, UPA Boston will have its monthly meeting at Simmons College. The meeting will feature short, interactive presentations from the "Usability and User Experience Research" class, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College. Students in the class have worked in teams to run usability testing sessions for the following web systems: 1. Brigham& Women's Hospital "Find a Researcher" http://researchfaculty.brighamandwomens.org/search.aspx 2. Harvard/NASA Astrophysics Data System http://labs.adsabs.harvard.edu/ui/ 3. EBSCO Discovery Service http://ebscohost.com/discovery/ There will be three presentations, each lasting 15 minutes. At the end of the 3rd presentation, there will be questions from the class to the audience regarding their tips on running usability testing and conducting UX studies. 6:00-7:00 -- Arrival, networking and dinner (through Simmons' Catering) 7:00-7:10 -- Brief UPA Boston announcements (UPA Board members) 7:10-7:20 -- Introduction of class projects and teams (Rong Tang) 7:20-8:05 -- Presentations 8:05-8:30 -- Students' questions to the audience Also: PRIZES! A copy of Techsmith's Morae Suite will be up for grabs, as well as 8GB thumb drives courtesy of Simmons College. And, as always, free food for everyone. Also also: We will be holding our annual board elections at this meeting. Due to state laws, we need members to submit paper ballots. Please come and have your voice heard! Please ensure to RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2502815990 __________ If you have a job that you would like posted to the UPA Boston mailing list, please send the details to: [log in to unmask] If you would like to be removed from this list, please email me: [log in to unmask]