Re: user-centered design

From: Dobbs, Aaron <AWDobbs_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 08:57:31 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Alex asked:
"What exactly is it that *we* want that's detached from what our users
want?"

Users, generally, want:
"ease of use" and "good enough"

Librarians, generally, want:
"control and precision" and "comprehensive and authoritative"

-Aaron
:-)'

Aaron Dobbs

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Johannesen
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:30 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] user-centered design

On 5/4/07, MULLEN Allen <Allen.MULLEN_at_ci.eugene.or.us> wrote:
> And along the same lines, its up to catalogers to determine the
subject
> needs of the users.  ;-)  If we based our cataloging on what the users
> want, we'd never get to do what we want because we'd be too busy
> reacting to them.

I found this one interesting. What exactly is it that *we* want that's
detached from what our users want?


Alex
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