[...]... designing, using, and deploying digital information and digital information systems It presents research outcomes from the perspective of research in information science, broadly construed, a term used now to cover a range of theoretical and practical approaches to information studies The far-reaching digitization of society provides the directive for research in information science Information science... science is concerned with themes on the intersection of information and communication technology (ICT), on the one hand, and the individual and society in a broad sense, on the other hand Of special importance is the process of creation of digital content It comprises important topics such as authoring, information mapping, visualization and 3-D models, and automatic content publishing, with special attention... digital content involving educational content and educational software The development of educational ICT is often expensive and time consuming Reuse of digital content is often difficult because much domain expertise and practical experience of educational designers is required Verpoorten describes in chapter 5 an approach that enables an easy reuse of digital content for different applications Chapter... recommendations on the design of digital documents In the concluding chapter, chapter 16, Dillon outlines a broad view of what is meant by information and questions many of our implicit assumptions about what we are doing when we claim to be engaged in information work In doing so, he presents a general perspective on the problem of understanding (digital) information, what it is, and how digital deployment complicates... content; (b) the cognitive and communication processes: interaction aspects, usability, use, and engineering of knowledge; and (c) the deployment of information within organizations and the policies concerning digital information The approach (see Fig 1.1) whereby such a life cycle is placed within a human (individual, organizational, and societal) context is typical for the information- science methodology... provide supporting information for those who are working on the area of creating electronic publications Using Digital Information and Digital Systems In Part II, chosen technical alternatives are discussed in view of their acceptability or usability for end users More fundamentally, however, it is important to understand how users process complex multimedia information and how we can support users, for instance,... processes and pay attention to usability issues Deploying Digital Information It is important to consider the relation between information needs and media choice of users Furthermore, it is important for designers to know in what context, and for what purpose, users will apply the information sys- 4 VAN OOSTENDORP, BREURE, DILLON terns that are designed The relation between context and deployment of ICT... ©reading, ac.uk Chapter 16 Andrew Dillon School of Information SZB 564 1 University Station D7000 University of Texas Austin, TX 78712-1276 USA Fax 512 471 3971 e-mail adillon@ischool utexas.edu This page intentionally left blank C hap ter 1 Introduction to Creation, Use, and Deployment of Digital Information Herre van Oostendorp Leen Breure Utrecht University Andrew Dillon University of Texas This book is... solutions Not only does the usability of systems or programs need to be improved (Dix, Finlay, Abowd, & Beale, 2004), but the efficient and strategic use of the total of information sources and information technology needs to be taken into account as well To be able to handle information successfully, the user must possess appropriate knowledge, consisting of concepts, rules, and experiences Knowledge engineering... perspectives we mentioned and the scholars from these different fields join together to understand and fully exploit the new possibilities of ICT It is important for designers to become aware of human 1 INTRODUCTION 7 and contextual constraints Only then can the design process of designers and information processing and communication by end users in a digital environment be improved And it also goes the . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" CREATION, USE, AND DEPLOYMENT OF DIGITAL INFORMATION This page intentionally left blank CREATION, USE, AND DEPLOYMENT OF DIGITAL INFORMATION Edited by Herre . the reuse of digital content involving educational content and educational software. The development of educational ICT is often expensive and time consum- ing. Reuse of digital. to Creation, Use, and Deployment of Digital Information Herre van Oostendorp Leen Breure Utrecht University Andrew Dillon University of Texas This book is about designing, using, and