Re: Facets on the web study: Seeking participants

Dear Kathryn,

Papers 8 and 3 at 
http://www.csi.forth.gr/~tzitzik/publications.htm#CTCA
could also be interesting for your study.
Regards,
Yannis

--- In [email protected], james shi
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> Sorry for bothering all of you, I have just made a misunderstanding.
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> All the best
>  
> Guoliang
> 
> james shi <jamesshigl@y...> wrote:
> Kathryn La Barre,
> 
> I am currently doing some research in putting FC on website, I'd
like to participate in your study.
> 
> There is still one thing that I have not understood, how do I
participate? That is to say, I will be a interviewee or interviewer?
> 
> All the best
> 
> Guoliang Shi 
> Visiting Scholar 
> 
> School of Information and Library Science 
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 
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> E-mail: mailto:glshi@e...
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> E-mail: mailto:jamesshigl@y...
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> kathryn_la_barre <exlibri8024@h...> wrote:
> 
> Apologies for cross-postings.
> 
> I am a doctoral candidate at Indiana University currently conducting 
> a study of the use of facets in website design and construction. 
> 
> During May and June - I plan to interview 20 individuals who use 
> facets, facet analysis, or faceted classification as site components 
> (for example: as content categories, in browsing, navigation or 
> search systems). 
> 
> Earlier work relating to this study is posted here:
> http://mypage.iu.edu/~klabarre/facetstudy.html
> 
> Interviews will not last more than one hour, will be conducted 
> individually, and will be conducted at your office or other 
> convenient place, phone interviews are also a possibility. A 
> transcript of the interview will be made. Each participant will 
> receive a copy and can edit the interview transcript. The names of
> participants will be kept confidential.
> 
> The result of these interviews and a preceding study of a random 
> sample of websites, will be the creation of a checklist or set of 
> guidelines for faceted website design and construction. Each 
> participant in the study will receive a copy. Once completed, the 
> results of this study will be posted on my website.
> 
> If you are interested in participating, or would like to know more 
> about this study, please contact me / klabarre@i...
> 
> One last bit of info - since the activities and products of the 
> members of this group are of particular interest to this study:
> 
> This study is dissertation research which will involve content 
> analysis of websites and interviews with practitioners. This isn't 
> as "academic" as it may first seem, especially since the original 
> theoretical underpinnings of faceting come from the practice of 
> people in the trenches, not from university studies! This is why I 
> want to talk to people who actively use facets -- about their own 
> use, understanding and difficulties. I view this study as an 
> opportunity to re-examine the theory underlying faceting and provides 
> a chance to inject practical, current experience gained from using 
> facets on the web.
> 
> Hoping to have a chance to talk with you soon,
> 
>         Kathryn La Barre        http://mypage.iu.edu/~klabarre
>         doctoral candidate,
>         School of Library and Information Science
>         Indiana University
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