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Artifacts as Theories: Convergence through User-Centered Design.
Dillon, Andrew – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1995
Discussion of information system design proposes the artifact as theory perspective and suggests that information system design is best tackled by user-centered theories and methods. Topics include the software development process, human-computer interaction, and implications for information science. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Information Science, Information Systems
Information Architecture in JASIST: Just Where Did We Come From?
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Dillon, Andrew – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Traces information architecture (IA) to a historical summit, supported by American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in May 2000 at Boston, MA. where several hundred gathered to thrash out the questions of just what IA was and what this field might become. Outlines the six IA issues discussed. (JMK)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Industry, Information Management, Information Science
The Role of Genre in Shaping Our Understanding of Digital Documents.
Vaughan, Misha Walker; Dillon, Andrew – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Explores the utility of the intersection of genre theory and cognitive psychology in providing a meaningful framework for analysis and design purposes. Reports results of research into the elements of genre that influence users of digital documents and provides examples of the usefulness of this analysis in Web-based environments. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development
A Room with a View [and] Cultural Analysis and What Designers Need To Know--A Case of Sometimes Too Much, Sometimes Too Little, and Always Too Late [and] Synthesizing Diverse Perspectives [and] Make Room for Ethnography in Design!
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Bowker, Geoffrey C.; Dillon, Andrew; Rosson, Mary Beth; Simonsen, Jesper; Kensing, Finn – Journal of Computer Documentation, 1998
Four articles respond to the Bader and Nyce position that it is unlikely cultural analysis will become a routine tool for information systems developers with these arguments: ethnographic work can aid software development; the problem lies with inappropriate application of social science methods; the problem is technique, not fundamentals; and…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Designers