INLS 180 Day 12 Notes

February 14, 2002

 

Article summaries---focus on the discussion!

Postpone project commitments until next Tue.

 

  1. One-Minute Papers

Big Points

Cannot separate cognitive and emotional needs

More is not better

 

Questions

How to design systems when users and needs are evolving?

Why did the annonymizers go out of business?

Via the www, have we reached some of the goals the papers proclaim?

What about the information providers’ needs?

How do we design/serve ‘ordinary’ people?

Effects of internet communication?

How do we determine who has access?

Which will win---XML or RDBMS?

Translations? (e.g., http://www.systransoft.com/)

How realistic are user-centered procedures?

 

  1. Browsing (PP slides)

 

  1. Reading discussions

Kwasnik, B. (1992). A descriptive study of the functional components of browsing. (Ok Nam Park)
Marchionini, G. (1995). Information Seeking in Electronic Environments. pp 27-60.

 

4. One-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?