INLS 180 Day 20 Notes

March 21, 2002

 

  1. One-Minute Papers

Big Points

      Role(s) of structure in communication/design, retrieval, use

      Hierarchy is an important structuring technique in all media

      Information experts need to find ways to express what it is we do!

      Good design is in the eye of the beholder [note parallel to our earlier discussions on communication]

      Static media [frozen moments] can be tagged hierarchically, real world and dynamic media cannot

Questions

            Video studies we are doing?

            Would making indexes as well as TOCs for books available online be useful?

            Website tagging relationship to books?

            Do the physical characteristics of media affect comprehension? Appreciation?

            If reactions to websites is so personal, what are IAs to do?

            How to deal with limitations of hierarchy? [polyhierarchy, hypertext hybrids]

            Research on circular layouts? What do link structures on a page tell us?

            What are the equivalents to TOC and index, preface, etc. in websites?

            Was IA becoming professionalized before .com crash?

            How much does/should user needs/types influence media structure?

            Do we see similar discrepancies in other media as we saw in website link and sector counts?

            Is standardization of design a necessity for practical classification?

            What is computational linguistics?

            TV/audio tagging?   [SMIL markup http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/, also MPEG-7 Multimedia Content Description Interface http://ipsi.fhg.de/delite/Projects/MPEG7/ ]

            Best practices from projects?  What did others do on X in the projects?

            Should we also look at hidden channels in video (e.g., closed captioning?)

 

 

  1. Project/Messay suggestion:  create a website for 3 or so different user groups using distinct architectures. Code this as 1 website with XML that allows the user to choose which rendering they want.  This is proof of concept—part 1.  Part 2, test the design (could be system test, could be user test)

 

  1. Readings discussions:

Tibbo, H. (1995). Interviewing techniques for remote reference: Electronic versus traditional environments. (Beth Getz)
Roloff, M. E. (1981). Interpersonal Communication: The Social Exchange Approach. Chapter 1, Social Exchange: Key Concepts, p13-31. (Michael Fernandez)
Dewdney & Sheldrick Ross (1994).  Flying a light aircraft: Reference service evaluation from a user’s viewpoint. RQ 34(2), 217-30.
(Will Durland)

 

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?