Re: My research about how people in LIS see ID

felix -
 
i am interested in more information and talking. please contact me off line - [email protected]
 
thanks. robert.

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From: [email protected] on behalf of Felix Arseneau
Sent: Wed 3/24/2010 7:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: My research about how people in LIS see ID


Hello café, 

I recently did a presentation on a research study results, which investigated how people in Library and Information Science (or Studies) see ID.  

If you're a LinkedIn member, you can see the slides here:
http://tinyurl.com/ycscw24


If you're interested in further details, please contact me. 

Thank you,

Félix

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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: InfoD-Cafe: another request
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 00:33:55 -0600


>I have to disagree to a certain extent. Graphic design, although you are right about managing things visual, it is not really about information design which I think would be more closely related to library sciences. Most graphic designers do not approach a project from an information perspective. My background is graphic design, but I have spent the past 15 years in information design and I find that I am often at odds with graphic designers because they want to make things "look good" and I want to make them readable, understandable, easy to follow, etc.

That brings us to the question of ID eduction and recognition of it as a profession. Since ID is not tought as an separate discipline from the beginning, those who aim to work in the ID business have to start 'somewhere'. I would say it was probably a good start for many of us to study GraphD at first.
I believe there are different kinds of people who want to study Graphic Design, as different kinds of people want to study LIS. Also, I still believe that a small part (probably too small and incomplete, I admit) of Graphic Design is related to ID (the art of using appropriate typography in documents is part of it). Maybe a bigger part of LIS is related to ID, but a big part of it is not and the visual aspect is missing.
Also, even though I have a LIS licence, I haven't taken away my "Graphic Designer" label yet. I feel having something 'more' than other information professionnals. I guess, before we have an agreement of what is ID, and what skills you need to consider yourself a Information Designer, I personally don't see any choice but having to wear multiple "labels". I personally see ID as being at "crossroads" of many disciplines--for now. 
It's difficult to say these things, because I also have had a hard time distinguishing myself from GDers more concerned about "graphics" than "design". But I don't feel having any choice but calling what I do graphic design--in parts--for now. So if I design an intranet, for example, some of the aspects of my work will be related to GD, some other will be related to LIS, and so on.
Am I completely lost or just concerned?
Regards,
Félix


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