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Morgan, Eric Lease – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Librarians providing information services electronically must create useful information systems. This article illustrates that the effectiveness of an information system is characterized by its readability, browsability, searchability, and interactive assistance. Describes the concept of interactive assistance and how it relates to information…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Systems
Download full textSumner, Tamara; Dawe, Melissa – 2001
The need for information systems to support the dissemination and reuse of educational resources has sparked a number of large-scale digital library efforts. This article describes usability findings from one such project--the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)--focusing on its role in the process of educational resource reuse.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Educational Resources, Electronic Libraries, Information Dissemination
Wyman, Steven K.; McClure, Charles R.; Beachboard, John B.; Eschenfelder, Kristin R. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Examines Web site assessment criteria that producers of public information may use to evaluate the effectiveness of a Web site. The goal of this study was to design analytical tools from system-based techniques and user feedback with which federal Web site administrators can assess the quality of their Web sites. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Evaluation Criteria
Stubbs, Keith M. – 1996
This document defines the specific standards and general guidelines which the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will use to make information available on the World Wide Web (WWW). The purpose of providing such guidance is to ensure high quality and consistent content, organization, and presentation of information on ED WWW servers, in order to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Computer System Design, Disabilities
Peer reviewedSprehe, J. Timothy – Government Information Quarterly, 1997
The United States Bureau of the Census is making the Internet and other electronic systems the primary sources for its statistics and is actively seeking user feedback on its systems design activities. Discusses the design principles of the Data Access and Dissemination System (DADS) and policy issues of pricing/cost recovery, partnerships, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Costs, Databases
Davies, John; Stewart, Scott; Weeks, Richard – 1998
This paper describes a system that facilitates and encourages the sharing of knowledge among groups of users within or across organizations. KSE (Knowledge Sharing Environment) is a system of information agents for organizing, summarizing, and sharing knowledge from a number of sources, including the World Wide Web, an organization's internal…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
