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Main Authors: Gorman, Paul, Lavelle, Mary, Delcambre, Lois, Maier, David
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2002
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ657909
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  • Following Experts at Work in Their Own Information Spaces: Using Observational Methods To Develop Tools for the Digital Library. Gorman, Paul Lavelle, Mary Delcambre, Lois Maier, David Access to Information Data Analysis Data Collection Electronic Libraries Information Seeking Information Technology Medicine Observation Research Methodology Users (Information) Offers an overview of the authors' experience using several observational methods to better understand one class of users, expert clinicians treating patients in hospital settings. Shows the evolution of understanding of the users and their information-handling tasks based on observations made in the field by a multidisciplinary research team, and how this evolving understanding is guiding efforts to create digital library technology. (AEF)