Outputs (19)

Evaluating a business information sources online course (2000)
Journal Article
Gillham, M., & Hall, H. (2000). Evaluating a business information sources online course. Econtent; Wilton, 23(5), 55-63

With a history of innovative course material delivery mechanisms, the Information Management Department at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, Scotland, decided to take advantage of funding from the University College to develop a Web sit... Read More about Evaluating a business information sources online course.

Towards a methodology for developing visualizations (2000)
Journal Article
GRAHAM, M., KENNEDY, J., & BENYON, D. (2000). Towards a methodology for developing visualizations. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 53(5), 789-807. https://doi.org/10.1006/ijhc.2000.0415

This paper presents a case study of the development of a visualization to represent and explore the relationships between multiple hierarchical structures, specifically botanical taxonomies. The case study outlines the visualization's development fro... Read More about Towards a methodology for developing visualizations.

Supporting design through the strategic use of shape grammars (2000)
Journal Article
Edmonds, E., Smyth, M., & Edmonds, E. A. (2000). Supporting design through the strategic use of shape grammars. Knowledge-Based Systems, 13(6), 385-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0950-7051%2800%2900079-4

This paper is concerned with the early processes of design, particularly in the context of spatial arrangements. We are interested in the strategies that a designer uses in order to achieve success and with the opportunities that might exist for comp... Read More about Supporting design through the strategic use of shape grammars.

Clinical guidelines and the translation of texts into care: overcoming professional conflicts concerning evidence‐based practice (2000)
Journal Article
Davenport, E. (2000). Clinical guidelines and the translation of texts into care: overcoming professional conflicts concerning evidence‐based practice. Journal of Documentation, 56(5), 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000007125

The difficulties of basing healthcare on literary warrant have been explained in different ways: busy practitioners have no time to read extensively, physical access is difficult, and adequate surrogates for texts like indexes, abstracts, systematic... Read More about Clinical guidelines and the translation of texts into care: overcoming professional conflicts concerning evidence‐based practice.

Ethnography, theory and systems design: from intuition to insight (2000)
Journal Article
MACAULAY, C., BENYON, D., & CRERAR, A. (2000). Ethnography, theory and systems design: from intuition to insight. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 53(1), 35-60. https://doi.org/10.1006/ijhc.2000.0376

The idea for this paper came from a debate at the 1998 ISCRAT conference in Denmark on cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT). A leading activist in the movement to bring CHAT into systems design, Bonnie Nardi, asked the question; would design no... Read More about Ethnography, theory and systems design: from intuition to insight.

Online information sources: tools of business intelligence? (2000)
Journal Article
Hall, H. (2000). Online information sources: tools of business intelligence?. Journal of Information Science, 26(3), 139-143. https://doi.org/10.1177/016555150002600303

Organisations seek to use information intelligently, and to generate business intelligence for future profitable prospects. Although not regarded as business intelligence per se, there is a role for commercially produced online information sources an... Read More about Online information sources: tools of business intelligence?.

Social intelligence in the age of networks (2000)
Journal Article
Davenport, E. (2000). Social intelligence in the age of networks. Journal of Information Science, 26(3), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/016555150002600304

The author explores the concept of ‘social intelligence’. She suggests that, in the world of digital commerce, it may be defined as ‘insight which is based on collective understanding of work practices’. She offers three scenarios to support the... Read More about Social intelligence in the age of networks.

Design tools as agents of disclosure. (2000)
Journal Article
Smyth, M. (2000). Design tools as agents of disclosure. Knowledge-Based Systems, 13(1), 27-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0950-7051%2899%2900049-0

This paper investigates the nature and use of existing tools during a design task as a means of gathering information concerning practitioners' conception of that activity. Three case studies are reported and a number of conclusions are drawn concern... Read More about Design tools as agents of disclosure..

Special issue on intelligent interface technology: editor's introduction (2000)
Journal Article
Benyon, D., & Murray, D. (2000). Special issue on intelligent interface technology: editor's introduction. Interacting with Computers, 12(4), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0953-5438%2899%2900024-7

The term ‘Intelligent Interface Technology’ (IIT) is intended to capture the wide range of issues and methods in which some form of ‘intelligence’ is applied to both user interface design and implementation. Originally, these became known as adaptive... Read More about Special issue on intelligent interface technology: editor's introduction.