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Timeframe: Kicking off early in the Development Phase (2016). Because of tight timelines for all this UI work, a full UX redesign may not be possible in the initial version of the new DSpace UI. But, the hope would be to at least do minor cleanup / rework of any UI tools that desperately need it.The new UI itself could be based on existing themes that already provide a better user experience (e.g. Mirage 2, new JSPUI).

•  Find a (part-time?) user experience (UX) designer/expert to create mockups/wireframes (using Balsamiq Mockups or similar) of the new DSpace UI experience
  
  •  Initially this UX design work may concentrate on specific areas that are known to be problematic in DSpace (e.g. Admin tools).
  •  This work should involve analyzing examples of good user experience design (in both repository platforms and on the web in general), and finding ways to potentially apply them to the DSpace user experience.
    
  •  Depending on available funds, this person may need to be a volunteer or donated from an institution
    
•  Per discussions on mailing lists, a UX working group may be created to help move this effort forward

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