Understanding lawyers' and architects' information behaviour to inform electronic resource evaluation
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Information Studies
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Stephann Makri (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Attfield Simon
(2010)
Social and interactional practices for disseminating current awareness information in an organisational setting
in Information Processing & Management
Makri S
(2010)
This is what i'm doing and why
Makri Stephann
(2010)
Information for inspiration: Understanding architects' information seeking and use behaviors to inform design
in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
| Description | A novel method for evaluating the functionality supported by digital information tools (e.g. search engines, digital libraries). This method assesses how these tools currently support important interactive behaviour (e.g. searching, browsing behaviour) and how they might be improved to better support this behaviour. We also developed a novel method for evaluating how easy to use digital information tools are. |
| Exploitation Route | Others are very welcome to adopt or adapt the methods (contact the Principal Investigator, Stephann Makri, to discuss this). |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Other |
| Description | Digital law library developer LexisNexis requested to be involved in the development and testing of the Information Behaviour Methods (the 2 novel functionality and usability methods arising from this work). The methods have since been used by LexisNexis to understand how to best design digital resources to support users' information behaviour. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Impact Types | Economic |