Paper as an Analytic Resource for the Design of New Technologies

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 determination of system design modifications that can be undertaken in the short term; (2) the determination of entirely new systems design requiring longer term research and development; and (3) helping to specify where paper will continue to be used in future document-related work practice. KEYWORDS paper, ethnography, knowledge work, diary study, collaboration, design, organisations, IMF

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Abigail Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper
• Keywords: CHI 1997, Document-related Work Practice, Human Computer Interaction, Longer Term Research, Work Practice