Mikael Jergefelt
Librarian & Web Developer
I'm Mike, a web developer and medical librarian working at Karolinska Institutet. I try to create the best user experiences possible, both physical and virtual, using humour, friendliness, web technologies and good design.
Work
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Disc Golf Visualisation
Vue appVue.js app to visualise cataloged disc golf collections by color and flight characteristics.
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Select your answer
Interaction designUser interface to replace classic radio buttons in questionnaires or surveys. Tapping the buttons to answer slide in a selection panel to avoid clutter. Developed and designed for the ACTsmart research project, with the findings published in npj Digital Medicine.
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Face of AIDS Film Archive
Front-end design systemDesign system based on a print design model for the Face of AIDS Film Archive, housing almost 700 hours of documentary film material describing the global impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to the present.
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Swedish MeSH
Front-end designDesign, code and UX for the new responsive website of the Swedish translation of MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), a controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed.
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The Physical Web
UXI've been experimenting and prototyping with different Bluetooth beacons to improve library UX during 2014-2015. This has so far resulted in an article for Weave: Journal of Library User Experience and contributions to the Physical Web project.
Writing
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Abandoning Native Apps to Become Future Friendly
June 2015Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, 11(2), 36-38.
Native apps have become the norm of mobile interaction with digital services, but it’s an expensive way to reach users. With responsive web design, a more inclusive and accessible experience can be crafted for all mobile users instead of just a majority. This article describes the move from a native library app to a responsive website, and why it is right for the future.
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An Internet of Pings: Enhancing the Web User Experience of Physically Present Patrons with Bluetooth Beacons
March 2015Weave: Journal of Library User Experience, 1(2).
If you agree that the website is the primary interface for getting things done in a library, you probably also agree that if it were practical to put usable hyperlinks on actual objects or areas that provide fluid access to their virtual equivalents, the endeavor would be worthwhile. While there are creative examples solving this with QR codes and digital signage, these solutions only solve part of the problem: the hyperlink. There are still issues of usability, user experience, and accessibility, especially for visually-impaired patrons. I’m writing this to propose another solution, built on Bluetooth: beacons.
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Swedish MeSH Goes Mobile
March 2012Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, 8(1), 34.
News from the MeSH Special Interest Group.