Information tasks : toward a user-centered approach to information systems / Bryce L. Allen.

Author
Allen, Bryce [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
San Diego : Academic Press, 1996.
Description
xiii, 308 pages ; 24 cm

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    Series
    • Library and information science (New York, N.Y.) [More in this series]
    • Library and information science series
    Summary note
    "The user-centered approach is central to the creation of usable information systems, services, and institutions. Information system design should derive from user research into information needs, tasks accomplished in meeting those needs, and resources used in the tasks. Information Tasks summarizes user research, then presents design sketches of systems that illustrate how design is linked to research. Also discussed are usable information services and an overview of the organization and economics of information institutions. 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." "Information Tasks will be of interest to library and information science students and faculty interested in information storage and retrieval, user studies, and systems analysis design. Students and scholars of human factors in systems design, human-computer interaction, and cognitive engineering will also find the text useful."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • An introduction to user-centered information-system design
    • Information needs
    • Information needs and information design
    • Expressing information needs
    • Designing systems to meet 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.
    ISBN
    • 0120510405 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780120510405 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    96028239
    OCLC
    34966380
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