User-Centered Thinking: Lessons from Reader-Centered Theory.

Budd, John M.

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ERIC Number: EJ507074

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Publication Date: 1995

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User-Centered Thinking: Lessons from Reader-Centered Theory.

Budd, John M.

RQ, v34 n4 p487-96 Sum 1995

Discusses user-centered thinking and lessons from reader-centered theory. Reviews findings from studies by literary theorists on user-centered approaches to information and uses these findings to support and offer two analogies: (1) an analogy between reader and library user; and (2) an analogy between information and the library. (Author/JMV)

Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Libraries, Reader Text Relationship, Use Studies, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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