INLS
180 Day 12 Notes
February
14, 2002
Article
summaries---focus on the discussion!
Postpone
project commitments until next Tue.
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?
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?