CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS

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thought someone may be looking for a publishing opp… sounds like well
covered terrain to me, but it all depends on the contributors…


> CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
>
> http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/Announcements/web-book.html
>
> Submission Deadline: March 31, 2005
>
> Human Computer Interaction Research in Web Design and Evaluation
>
> A book edited by:
> Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris, Centre for HCI Design,
> City University, London, UK
>
> Dr. Sri Kurniawan, School of Informatics,
> University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
>
> Overall Objectives of the Book
> ——————————
> The objective of this book is to look at the topic of Web design in a
> new direction. The majority of existing books on this topic have been
> focusing primarily on the technical dimensions (programming languages,
> hardware and software needs) of Web design. Few books touch on the user
> aspect of Web design and interaction. In addition, this book will try
> to provide an academic/research direction to Web usability.
>
> Because humans are an important participant in Web interaction and a
> significant factor contributing to successful Web design is user
> involvement throughout the design and evaluation processes, there is a
> need for a unified view of the user-related topics that surround Web
> design.
>
> This book will point out that beyond the technical aspects of Web
> design, we need to systematically take into account human interaction
> and activity, and the completely renewed social and cultural
> environments that Web environments and interfaces are calling for and
> technologies are now capable of delivering. The general goal is to
> discuss the basis of a broad framework for the development and
> management of Web environments, enriched with contributions from
> domains
> as diverse as Web design, information systems, psychology, sociology,
> artificial intelligence, e-learning and many others.
>
> The Target Audience
> ——————-
> University educators and educators in general; university
> administrators; researchers; lecturers of HCI and user-centred design;
> Web system managers; instructional designers; general audience with an
> interest in HCI and Web design. This book will be structured in such a
> way so that it can act as a core textbook in HCI and Web development
> courses.
>
> Recommended Topics
> ——————
> Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following:
>
> * Introduction: Introduction to HCI and User-Centred Design and their
> application to Web design
>
> * Humans as Web Users: human abilities and limitations (cognitive,
> perceptual, motor) and their effect on efficient use of the Web;
> cognitive psychology and its application to Web design
>
> * Analysis: Query-based techniques (interviews, focus groups, surveys)
> and Web design; Task Analysis, users, context and requirements and
> their
> application to Web design; Personas
>
> * Design: Conceptual and detailed Web design; Prototyping
> (paper/electronic) as used in Web design; Screen design; Information
> architecture; Design of user-friendly Web navigation schemes and
> features; Web Accessibility and Web design for people with special
> needs; Participatory design and other innovative design approaches in
> Web design; Dialogue design
>
> * Evaluation: Usability evaluation; Expert (heuristic) evaluation; Web
> accessibility evaluation
>
> * Special Topics: Interaction styles and their applicability to the
> Web;
> Information visualization on the Web; Computer mediated communication
> and the Web; The future of HCI and the Web
>
>
> SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
> ——————–
> Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March
> 31, 2005, up to 2 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and
> concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will
> be
> notified by April 30, 2005 and be sent chapter organizational
> guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 31,
> 2005. All submitted chapters will be reviewed through a blind
> reviewing
> process. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc.,
> www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information
> Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, and Idea Group
> Reference Imprints.
>
>
> Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris
> Centre for HCI Design, City University
> London, EC1V 0HB
> UK
> e-mail: [email protected]
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7040 8859
>
> or
>
> Dr. Sri Kurniawan
> University of Manchester
> Manchester,
> UK
> e-mail: [email protected]
> Fax: +44 (0)161 306 3324
>
>
>
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