180 Day 9 Notes

Feb 12, 2001

1. One minute papers

Big point

Tension between standards/system and customization/user (accessibility)

There is meaning in structure

Training/help systems not helpful or used

Q:

What is accessibility in WWW? (see www.w3.org)

Why not involve users from the start?

Do psyc/soc fields look to IS for answers/theories?

Where does technical writing fit in IA?

Practical outcomes of user-centered readings? (our UC-IR group)

More info on IA?

Is there an LIS canon? Theory? Readings?

2. Book structure assignment discussion

What are you finding as you markup the structure of a book?

Discuss zooming in and out of hierarchical structures

Discuss the shape of text (Dillon; Toms)

What does structure tell us for access? Retrieval? Understanding?

TV assignment and Web assignment Q&A?

(review the web assign together)

3. User needs and types

User typology for statistical data

User tasks typology (see http://ils.unc.edu/~march/blsreport/mainbls.html)

4. Design for Information Interaction (see agileviews slides on G drive)

5 Reading leaders for Wed:

Alison Gilchrest: Kwasnik (see list notes)

5.The one-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

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