Course Requirement

As the course requirement to complete this course, we have submit a few assignments as below

• Reflection / Observation Papers
Submit reflections from readings (backed by research, descriptive observation and literature reviews) on the relevance / importance of understanding user needs and information behavior in the context of providing information services and interface design processes to allow users to have more control over their information searching experiences.

I have choose article entitled “Understanding the User – Why, What and How” was been written by M S Sridhar, as a main article. As to support this article, I have compile and backed from a few article. Here is the link http://userneedsbehavior.blogspot.com/2008/03/reflectionobservation-papers.html


• Classified Annotated Bibliography
An organized list of sources (books, articles from journals, newspapers, magazines, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, videos and online sources published from 2000 up. The purpose of this assignment is to explore potential sources of “user needs and behavior” and shed light on information seeking behavior. The bibliography should be organized alphabetically by author’s last name.

For this assignment, I have chosen the topic of “Malaysia: Achievement and Beyond”. Here is the link http://userneedsbehavior.blogspot.com/2008/03/classified-annotated-bibliography.html


• Project Plan / Proposal
Develop / design a project plan integrating user needs and information seeking behavior into the designs of a library service more in tune with their needs. Here is the link http://userneedsbehavior.blogspot.com/2008/03/project-planproposal.html


• Website
Each of student is required to create/design and maintain a website. You are free to choose where to mount your website as long as it is publicly accessible to other students of the course and the instructor. This will serve as a venue for every student to submit one’s assignment; will be presented and evaluated by other members of the class. Here is the link http://userneedsbehavior.blogspot.com/