Stanford University Library is planning several short observational studies to examine how users of archives carry out their work. We are seeking historians, journalists, and graduate student researchers for a one hour observational study in which will we shall document an individual user's interactions with a digital and/or paper archive and carry out a short interview.
As part of Stanford's Self-archiving Legacy Toolkit Project (SALT), in which scientist and scholar luminaries archive and annotate their collected papers, we are developing tools to assist the users of these collections. To better understand the users' goals, tasks and needs, we are asking for volunteers whom we may observe as they carry out their typical research activities.
The studies will be carried out in the subject's normal work area (e.g., their office, the library, etc.). A member of the SALT team will ask the subject to carry out several tasks and then hold a short interview. The study will take about about one hour. It will be carried out in July and August, 2007
If you can participate in this study, please contact charles.kernsATyahooDOTcom
As part of Stanford's Self-archiving Legacy Toolkit Project (SALT), in which scientist and scholar luminaries archive and annotate their collected papers, we are developing tools to assist the users of these collections. To better understand the users' goals, tasks and needs, we are asking for volunteers whom we may observe as they carry out their typical research activities.
The studies will be carried out in the subject's normal work area (e.g., their office, the library, etc.). A member of the SALT team will ask the subject to carry out several tasks and then hold a short interview. The study will take about about one hour. It will be carried out in July and August, 2007
If you can participate in this study, please contact charles.kernsATyahooDOTcom