Josh Boyer
Name Pronunciation
jahsh boy-uhrPronouns
He / HimTo acknowledge that assumptions about someone’s gender identity could be incorrect, many organizations, including NC State, have begun to encourage community members to include a brief statement of their gender pronouns as they introduce themselves within a group.
Department Head, User Experience
Department:
User ExperiencePhone: (919) 513-3655
Email: jeboyer@ncsu.edu
Languages:
- Spanish (beginner), Italian (beginner)
Project SAFE AllySelected Works
- Book Discussion: Library Signage and Wayfinding Design by Mark Aaron Polger, Weave: Journal of Library User Experience, 2023
- Personal README File: User Manuals for Library Staff, Designing for Digital 2020
- Signage by Design (In Two Hemispheres), edUi 2018
- To Be(nto) or not to Be(nto)? That is the Question, ER&L 2018
- Giving Voice to Library Buildings, Designing for Digital 2017
- Library Websites Should Help You Discover… the Library, edUi 2016
- Experiences with High Resolution Display Walls in Academic Libraries, CNI, 2015
- How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box, College & Research Libraries, 2013
Projects I've worked on
Student perspectives on belonging in the NC State University Libraries and Community Centers
Homepage Redesign 2023: Surveys, Usability Testing, and Tiny Cafés
Card sort for virtual reality, digital media, and “maker” activities + Tiny Café
Identifying user needs through interviews and participatory prototyping
Perceptions of the D. H. Hill Library Renovation + Tiny Café
Usability test for loaning PlayStation Virtual Reality headsets
Shout-outs From My Colleagues
Shout-outs are kind words from Libraries staff to other Libraries staff for going out of their way to be extra awesome at their job.
This team planned a Discovery Retreat for 30+ Libraries staff members. The full-day event was engaging, fruitful, and fun. It was wonderful to discuss exciting new ideas with my colleagues. I appreciate the meticulous, thoughtful planning that went into making the retreat happen, and I look forward to the next chapter of Libraries innovation!
— Robin Davis
Simply put, Web Team solves problems, and fast. An increasing number of Libraries departments are producing different kinds of content across different platforms. Web Team has been adept at not only enabling departments to produce new kinds of content, but also helping External Relations leverage and re-use that content. The team has been incredibly responsive to (and patient with!) out-of-left-field, what-if questions by thinking through the implications of back-end changes from both a technology perspective and a consistency one. They respond quickly with solutions and implementations informed by the Libraries' overall mission, rather than playing defense against changes to the complex infrastructure that they have to maintain. Web Team is always helpful, thoughtful, reasonable, and fast.
— Chris Vitiello