http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/29/ethnographic-research-as-a-tool-for-understanding-users/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:51:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/29/ethnographic-research-as-a-tool-for-understanding-users/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Designing Better Libraries » Begin Exploring Ethnographic Research With A Primer Thu, 10 May 2007 13:27:19 +0000 http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/29/ethnographic-research-as-a-tool-for-understanding-users/#comment-100 [...] We’ve highlighted articles on ethnographic research a few times here at DBL for good reason. It is becoming more widely recognized as an approach that designers will use at the beginning of their research into understand the design problem. Before solutions can be developed it’s important to understand how one’s user community is experiencing the products and services and where the breakdowns are happening. Librarians are relatively new to the field of ethnographic research. We could use some help in learning more. Now some help is here is the form of a 19-page primer on ethnographic research. [...] [...] We’ve highlighted articles on ethnographic research a few times here at DBL for good reason. It is becoming more widely recognized as an approach that designers will use at the beginning of their research into understand the design problem. Before solutions can be developed it’s important to understand how one’s user community is experiencing the products and services and where the breakdowns are happening. Librarians are relatively new to the field of ethnographic research. We could use some help in learning more. Now some help is here is the form of a 19-page primer on ethnographic research. [...]

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