{"id":44887,"date":"2026-11-12T10:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=44887"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:58:56","slug":"help-the-mit-libraries-improve-our-search-tools-and-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/help-the-mit-libraries-improve-our-search-tools-and-website\/44887\/","title":{"rendered":"Help the MIT Libraries improve our search tools and website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-44899\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"MIT Libraries homepage\" width=\"398\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4-624x747.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4.jpg 1426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/>We want to make it easier for you to find what you need for your studies, research, teaching, or work at MIT. Our search tools and website are a big part of that, and we could use your help.<\/p>\n<p>Last year we started a participant pool of people who could be asked to give feedback and try out our tools. This year we&#8217;re growing it. Depending on the task, we will thank you with TechCash, our undying gratitude, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Interested? <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Th8X2h7wRJi5aifS8\">Sign up to join the pool<\/a>. We\u2019ll be in touch as opportunities arise.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:ux-lib-research@mit.edu\">ux-lib-research@mit.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to working with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want to make it easier for you to find what you need for your studies, research, teaching, or work at MIT. Our search tools and website are a big part of that, and we could use your help. Last year we started a participant pool of people who could be asked to give feedback and try out our tools. This year we&#8217;re growing it. Depending on the task, we will thank you with TechCash, our undying gratitude, or both. Interested? Sign up to join the pool. We\u2019ll be in touch as opportunities arise. If you have any questions, contact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"subtitle":"Join our participant pool for upcoming feedback and testing opportunities","is_event":false,"calendar_url":"","calendar_id":"","calendar_image":"","pauthor":"","urgent":false,"notes":"","featuredListImg":false,"homeImg":false,"listImg":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/homepage-4_323x111_acf_cropped.jpg","homepage_post_title":"","pin_event_on_homepage":false,"featuredArticle":"false"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44887"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44907,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44887\/revisions\/44907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}