Libby Case Study
Overall, the Libby library app has a lot to offer users. It offers instant access to library materials and automatically returns loans. The app offers a broad variety of content and multiple ways to search. In order to identify opportunities to improve the app, research was conducted to learn more about 3 main areas:
Discoverability
Usability
Overall experience
Information was gathered using 3 main methods.
In addition to the research, personas were created to better understand the variety of users and their individual needs.
Think aloud interviews
3 participants
All new to the app
Focused on usability
Survey
19 participants
Mix of new and existing users
Focused on navigation and preferences
Heuristic Evaluation
Self evaluation
Focused on usability
Video from think aloud session.