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Information tasks : toward a user-centered approach to information systems / Bryce L. Allen.
Author
Allen, Bryce
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Language
English
Published/Created
San Diego : Academic Press, 1996.
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xiii, 308 pages ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
QA76.9.U83 A5 1996
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User interfaces (Computer systems)
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System design
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Information storage and retrieval systems
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Computer interfaces
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Series
Library and information science (New York, N.Y.)
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Library and information science series
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"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.
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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.
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ISBN
0120510405 ((alk. paper))
9780120510405 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
96028239
OCLC
34966380
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