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Download full textConnaway, Lynn Silipigni, Comp. – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2015
The contributions in this volume represent a decade of OCLC's user behavior research findings that articulate the need for the design of future library services to be all about the user. Highlights include: (1) People associate the library with books and do not consider the library in relation to online resources or reference services; (2) People…
Descriptors: Library Services, User Needs (Information), User Satisfaction (Information), Library Research
Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J. – Online Review, 1989
Presents a new model of searching in online and other information systems, and reviews the literature of manual information seeking behavior for suggestions of capabilities users might like in online systems. Based on the model--called "berrypicking"--and research, suggestions are made for how new search capabilities could be implemented…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Seeking, Man Machine Systems, Models
Peer reviewedCordes, David W.; Carver, Doris L. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1992
Discusses system modeling and specification as it relates to object-based information systems development and software development. An automated system model based on the objects in the initial requirements document is described, the requirements document translator is explained, and a sample application of the technique is provided. (12…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Documentation, Information Systems, Models
Moline, Judi – 1991
Standards for dealing with electronic records must be selected based on a careful analysis of user requirements. These requirements must take into account the long range goals of the larger community. For any particular museum this larger community could include archives and libraries, as well as other museums and the patrons of the museums.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Classification, Information Systems
Direct linkDickinson, Julia B.; George, Sarah E. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Illinois Wesleyan University's Ames Library opened in January 2002. The vision for this library focused on creating a user-centered arrangement of information regardless of format. Much of the library's collection was integrated during the move to the new building; however, several discrete collections remain separate. This article will discuss…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Development, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedKirkham, Sandi – Electronic Library, 1994
Argues that false assumptions about user needs implicit in methodologies for building information systems have resulted in inadequate and inflexible systems. Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology is examined as a useful alternative. Its fundamental features are described, and examples of models demonstrate how the methodology can facilitate…
Descriptors: Communication Audits, Context Effect, Cultural Context, Informal Organization
