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Abstract
This article provides the results of an investigation into how health sciences librarians with user experience (UX) duties describe their roles and initiatives. Through an online survey, 40 respondents provided details on institutional demographics, work plans, participant recruitment, and data collection. Four interviews were also conducted. This investigation provides perspectives on UX within the health sciences library (HSL) environment including barriers and successes. It is hoped that the results of this article will influence research into timely and efficient UX initiatives within HSLs and provide librarians, staff, and administrators the information they need to support decision making.
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Alanna Campbell
Alanna Campbell, MISt ([email protected]) is the Public Services Librarian at the Health Sciences Library of Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). Her research interests include library spaces, user engagement, augmented and virtual reality, and evidence-based medicine. Her publications include Transforming Health Sciences Library Spaces (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019).