Project Scope

• Stakeholder interviews
• Site analysis
• Comparative research
• Staff brainstorming
• End user survey
• Information architecture development
  

A unique collaboration between libraries and publishers, Project MUSE provides 100% full-text, affordable, and easy to use online access to over 380 humanities and social sciences journals from 60+ scholarly publishers. With a goal of making the new site as user-friendly as possible, research was undertaken to gain a better understanding of audience needs. Internal and external stakeholder groups were identified and an online survey posted so that MUSE’s national and international end users could have the opportunity to participate. An analysis of the current site and comparative research of peer sites were conducted, along with librarian and publisher interviews.

A staff brainstorming session was also held to determine known issues, identify “wish list” items, and discuss how best to structure and categorize information on the new site. The resulting information architecture was reviewed, revised, and adopted by the internal web committee and site design began.