Looking at the responses I got for the test has been really interesting. Take a look at the current DiscoverLibrary site here.
Some of the test subjects said that the first thing they would do would be to click on the big “sign in” call to action in the middle of the page, but not one of them had any idea that they already had an account. Many of the comments said that they would not read the wall of text on the main page. Nobody saw the “Databases by Subject” link, because it does not look like something you would be able to click on.
I am going to work up a prototype this weekend with Photoshop and InVision that will incorporate some of these changes so that the librarians who work on the DiscoverLibrary site can visualize what some of these changes might look like. It would be rewarding for me to be able to make a lasting difference with my practicum so that its users would find the site easier to navigate and use.