The University of Tennessee

Information professionals are expected to test users' experience (UX) online to create user-friendly environments for a diverse range of users, but few LIS programs prepare their graduate students for this work. Experience Assessment: Building User Experience and Assessment Capabilities in Libraries and Information Centers is a two-year master's level degree project that will bring together an interdisciplinary team and robust facilities at the University of Tennessee (UT) to create 12 leaders in user experience and assessment and develop an open access curriculum to continue creating these professionals. Students will complete hands-on, mentored research experiences at UT UX laboratories, UT Libraries, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Information International Associates, and the Tombras Group.