Information Tasks

Information Tasks summarizes user research, then presents design sketches of systems that illustrate how design is linked to research. This comprehensive user-centered approach provides an agenda for information research, design and education that challenges many accepted beliefs and suggests new directions for information work.

List of contents

Introduction. An Introduction to User-Centered Information System Design. Information Needs. Information Needs and Information Design. Expressing Information Needs. Designing Systems for Meeting Expressed Information Needs. Information Tasks: Interacting with Information Systems. Design Details for Information Systems. Information Services from the User's Perspective. Information Institutions. Conclusion: User-Centered Design and Evaluation. Chapter References. Index.

Summary

Information Tasks summarizes user research, then presents design sketches of systems that illustrate how design is linked to research. This comprehensive user-centered approach provides an agenda for information research, design and education that challenges many accepted beliefs and suggests new directions for information work.

Product details

• Authors: Bryce Allen
• Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1996
• EAN: 9780120510405
• ISBN: 978-0-12-051040-5
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 622 g
• Series: Library and Information Scienc
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Hardware; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system