Overcoming Barriers to UX Research

Rebecca presents at Designing for Digital.

Libraries aren’t flush with resources, and UX research often falls to a small team, a team of one, or perhaps no one at all. Barriers appear at every stage: picking a method and designing an effective study (and maybe getting it approved), securing incentives and recruiting enough of the right participants, conducting the research itself, and then turning findings into actionable next steps. In this talk, we’ll discuss how to overcome barriers at every stage for more realistic and sustainable research that can happen no matter your role or institution.