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        In this message:
        1) Visualizing argumentation (P.A. Kirschner,
           S.J. Buckingham Shum and C.S. Carr (eds.))
        2) Improvisational design (S. Ishizaki)
        3) Producing patient information (M. Duman)
        4) The art and science of documentation management
           (G. Tonfoni with L. Jain)

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1)   TITLE: Visualizing argumentation: Software tools for
             collaborative and educational sense-making

    EDITORS: Paul A. Kirschner, Simon J. Buckingham Shum and
             Chad S. Carr

    SUMMARY: This book provides tools to help negotiate
             understanding in the face of multi-stakeholder,
             ill-structured problems. 'Visualizing Argumentation'
             is written by practitioners and researchers for
             colleagues working in knowledge media, educational
             technology and organizational sense-making.
             Particular emphasis is placed on the usability and
             effectiveness of tools in different contexts.

CONTENTS:
The Authors
Preface

Part I: Foundations
1  The roots of computer supported argument visualization
    (Simon Buckingham Shum)
2  A cognitive framework for cooperative problem solving with
    argument visualization (Jan M. van Bruggen, Henny P.A
    Boshuizen and Paul A. Kirschner)

Part II: Applications
3  Designing argumentation tools for collaborative learning
    (Gellof Kanselaar, Gijsbert Erkens, Jerry Andriessen,
    Maaike Prangsma, Arja Veerman and Jos Jaspers)
4  Using computer supported argument visualization to
    teach legal argumentation (Chad S. Carr)
5  Enhancing deliberation through computer supported
    visualization (Tim van Gelder)
6  Dialog mapping: reflections on an industrial strength case
    study (Jeff Conklin)
7  Fostering collective intelligence: helping groups use
    visualized argumentation (Albert M. Selvin)
8  Infrastructure for navigating interdisciplinary debates:
    critical decisions for representing argumentation
    (Robert E. Horn)
9  Visualizing internetworked argumentation (Simon Buckingham
    Shum, Victoria Uren, Gangmin Li, John Domingue, Enrico Motta)
Afterword (Douglas C. Engelbart)
Index

216 pp
Price: USD 69.95 GBP 35.00 EUR 64.95
Published: December 2002
Publisher: London: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: 1-85233-6641-1

Webpages about this book:
http://www.visualizingargumentation.info/
http://www.springer.de/cgi/svcat/search_book.pl?isbn=1-85233-664-1
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2)   TITLE: Improvisational design.
             Continuous, responsive digital communication

     AUTHOR: Suguru Ishizaki

    SUMMARY: Traditional visual design expresses information in
             fixed forms, such as print or film, so the message
             can be stored or distributed. With interactive media
             and continuously updated information, communication
             entails a new, more dynamic set of design problems.
             In this book Suguru Ishizaki offers a theoretical
             framework for dealing with the challenges and
             opportunities of what he calls "dynamic design." His
             approach incorporates a community of collaborating
             agents that control design solutions in response to a
             changing context. He illustrates his ideas with
             several examples, such as expressive e-mail and
             responsive maps. The book will be of particular
             interest to interaction designers, visual designers,
             software engineers, and human-computer interaction
             experts.


CONTENTS:
Introduction
- Foundations
- The model of improvisational design
- Abstraction of temporal forms
- Designing designing
- Case studies
- Reflections
- Expressive design systems
- Conclusion

Hardcover, 184 pp
Price: USD 35.00  GBP 23.50
Published: February 2003
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0-262-09035-X

Webpages about this book:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/026209035X
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3)   TITLE: Producing Patient Information. How to research,
             develop and produce effective information resources

     AUTHOR: Mark Duman

    SUMMARY: Health care providers are, by definition, also
             information providers - whether offering patients
             standard instructions on how to take medication or
             giving complex advice on a range of treatment
             options. Clear, appropriate and timely information
             is critical if patients are to understand their
             situation, grasp what they need to do, and make
             informed decisions. This guide is designed to support
             health professionals to develop the quality and
             impact of the information they produce. 'Producing
             Patient Information' offers a complete, step-by-step
             guide to each stage of the information process, from
             developing an information policy, to writing and
             disseminating print and electronic materials.

CONTENTS:
1 Why provide information?
2 Before getting started
3 Planning an information package
4 Collecting the evidence
5 Content and presentation
6 Choosing the medium
7 Attaining quality
8 Dissemination
9 Evaluating and updating
Useful contacts
Sources for project funding
Useful websites
Bibliography
Index

Paperback, 128 pp
Price: GBP 20.00
Published: March 2003
Publisher: King's Fund, London
ISBN: 1-85717-470-4

Webpages about this book:
http://194.66.253.160/eKingsFund/html/pr030311.html
http://www.kingsfundbookshop.org.uk
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4)   TITLE: The art and science of documentation management

    AUTHORS: Graziella Tonfoni with Lakhmi Jain

    SUMMARY: As information becomes increasingly accessible
             through newly introduced technologies, the human mind
             seeks a more comprehensive interpretation of the
             world in which we live. In order to manage this
             information overload, we must carefully reconsider
             our attitude towards documentation.
             While acknowledging the value of the standard
             guidebooks' hard rules on documentation management,
             Tonfoni advocates a new approach that promotes
             additional skills required for consistent
             decision-making, such as information sensitivity.
             This book has been conceived as a movie on paper,
             and as such, can be considered a 'documentary on
             documentation'. Readers are invited to analyse their
             own reading experience throughout a set of pages, to
             become 'interactive on paper'; some space is
             intentionally provided for practice and annotation.
             Exercises are included to help readers consolidate
             new skills, through an innovative 'learning by
             seeing' experience.

CONTENTS:
- Documentation management: an art and a science
- Documentation management through metaphors and analogies
- On envisioning documentation
- On iconizing documentation
- On visualizing documentation
- Exercises

314 pages, paperback
Price: USD 49.95  GBP 24.95
Published: March 2003
Publisher: Intellect Books
ISBN: 1-84150-072-0

Webpages about this book:
http://www.intellectbooks.com/authors/tonfoni/asdm.htm
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InfoDesign Bookwatch is compiled and edited by Piet Westendorp
and Karel van der Waarde. Suggestions for titles are welcome,
and may be sent to: [email protected]
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