Re: [Usability]Bibliographic gathering

[David Lazaro <david lazaro eresmas net>]

On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 20:45, Seth Nickell wrote:
> I would prefer to keep the "list" in each category very short (maybe one
> to four items). Lets concentrate on choosing the most helpful sources in
> each area rather than attempting to be comphrehensive. To provide
> breadth we can refer people to a site like http://www.hcibib.org (which
> I notice has us listed on their main page, cool!).
> 
> Along the same lines, I think an annotated bibliography would be most
> helpful (just a parapgraph or two about *why* this is a valuable source
> and what it can help with).
> 
> While I think we should list the best books, web sites will, in general,
> be more advantageous to our readership where a suitable resource is to
> be found online. Most HCI professionals already know which books are
> useful, and have hopefully read many of them. This list will probably be
> most useful to lay usability enthusiasts and programmers who may be more
> adverse to dropping money on books. Another point of consideration would
> be linking to some specific articles rather than just general sites. So
> for example, we might provide a link to the best online article we can
> find about usability testing practices.
> 
> -Seth

Ok to everything. I also thought about the annotations but since it's
very difficult for me to have every book listed in my library (some
day...) then I would like you to provide a one paragraph comment about
the book. I will edit them afterwards to provide coherence to the
entries.