Work

Paper as an analytic resource for the design of new technologies

Year: 1997

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We report on an examination of work practice in a knowledge-based, document-intensive organisation and describe the role of paper in that work.We show how such an examination can provide a resource for (1 ) the dclcrnlinalion 01 sys(cm design modifications that can bc undcr[akcn in the short term; (2) (hc (tctermination of entirely new systems design requiring longer term research and development; and (3) helping to specify where paper will ctmlinuc 10 Ix! uwd in Iu(urc cloCUlllCl}l-rCl iltC[l work praclicc.

Source: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

DOI: 10.1145/258549.258780

Authors: Abigail Sellen, Richard Harper

Institution: Xerox (United Kingdom)

Language: English

Topic: Information Systems Theories and Implementation

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2127401201

FWCI: 58.32

Cites: 15

Cited by: 156

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