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Online Resources Redesign



User experience-focused redesign with an emphasis on clarity, patron usability, and librarian-curated content.  





The Challenge:
The “Learning Resources” section of BPL’s website was presenting pain points to both patrons and staff. BPL was spending millions on a wide range of online subscriptions (from academic databases to educational tools), but user testing and analytics showed that few patrons were organically finding these tools—or knew that they were available at all. 

Before: Learning Resources landing page prior to redesign. Information hierarchy was poor, and many users were confused about how to filter or explore the hundreds of databases. Before: Resource item detail was a pop-up modal that presented technical issues for web accessibility and SEO.


Redesign Goals:
  • Inform patrons about what resources and tools the Library offers
  • Improve discoverability/findability in site menu through consideration of menu placement and name
  • Overall front-end design improvements for digital accessibility and to harmonize interfaces with the other patterns on the BPL website
  • Improve back-end CMS management system for librarians to maintain the site and explore what new tools/features could be added to ease workflow

Updated user flow diagram

Design Drafts

Landing page Topic page All resources and databases


My Role: 
  • Project management: Co-wrote initial redesign proposal. Met with internal stakeholders to craft scope and technical requirements. Gathered competitive market research from other library systems. Assisted user experience researcher with in-person patron interviews and testing. Managed project documentation and timelines from kickoff to rollout, including creating RACI matrices for approvals
  • Design: User interface and experience, proposing and designing new features, visual design 

Implemented Designs


Final landing page. "Explore Topics" was a new feature developed in the redesign, to enable librarians to curate relevant lists. Final database list. Filter patterns were updated to be consistent with other filter interfaces on the Library's site. Final item detail page. The new detail page conveys more detail than the original design with improved information hierarchy.

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Team: Maya Wagoner, UX researcher; Tom O’Dea, web development and engineering; Krissa Cavouras, marketing & comms content strategy; Amy Mikel, outreach librarian; Natalie Cannestra, business librarian; Angie Miraflor, customer experience. 
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