Positioning HCI within an ILS program

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Positioning HCI within an ILS program
Presented by Barbara M. Wildemuth
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Information Library Science
Content
Technology
People
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Programs at UNC

• BS, Information Science (2002-present)
• MS, Information Science (1987-present)

• MS, Library Science (1931-present)
• PhD (1977-present)

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Dual Degree Programs at UNC
Kenan-Flagler Business School MSIS MBA School
of Nursing MSIS MSN MSLS MSN School of
Public Health MSIS MHA MSLS MHA NC State
Dept. of Public History MSIS MA in Public
History MSLS MA in Public History
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HCI in the UNC SILSMS Curriculum (16 courses)
Core Requirements
Capstone Requirements
Electives
Info Retrieval
Advanced Database
Info Organization
Database Systems
Research Methods
Masters Thesis
Web Databases
Systems Analysis
User Interface Design
Seminar in HCI
Human Info Interactions
Manage- ment
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A Typical Program of Study
Required course
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User Interface Designwww.ils.unc.edu/classes/inls
257_sp03/257-home.S03.htm

• Introduction (1 week)
• Humans as system users
• (2 weeks)
• Task analysis and description
• (2.5 weeks)
• Developing a design (1 week)
• Specifying the design in a prototype (3.5 weeks)
• Includes prototype demos
• Evaluating the design (4 weeks)
• Usability inspection
• Usability testing

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User Interface DesignAssignments

• Design Project
• User analysis
• Task analysis
• Design decisions, documented
• Prototype with documentation
• Usability inspection
• Of a classmates design project
• Usability testing
• Study proposal

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User Interface DesignShow and Tell
Student-led discussions of artifacts
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Seminar in HCIwww.ils.unc.edu/march/courses/357_
f02/syllabus.html

• Information interaction perspective
• The problem of information seeking
• The AgileViews framework
• Representations and mechanisms (4 weeks)
• Usability and universal access
• Physiological data collection eye tracking
  biometrics
• Interaction trends

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How is it different in ILS?

• Types of systems
• Emphasis on IR and database systems
• Types of organizations/contexts
• Not focused on corporations
• Emphasis on libraries for MSLS students
• Accreditation requirements
• ALA, not AACSB

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Web sites of interest
SILS at UNC ils.unc.edu User Interface Design,
Spring 2003 www.ils.unc.edu/classes/inls257_sp03/2
57-home.S03.htm HCI Seminar, Fall 2002
www.ils.unc.edu/march/courses/357_f02/syllabus.ht
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