Special Topics in Information Science: User Behavior and Search Experience

Program: MSIS/PhD
Course Areas
Library Science/Librarianship
Human Computer Interaction/UX Design/UX Research

Catalog Description

Theoretical and practical foundations for information professionals who wish to design and evaluate search systems and services, taking user-centered approaches. Search user interfaces, search behavior, search interaction, search user experience, and measures and methods for evaluating search systems.

Instructor Description

The purpose of this course is to provide theoretical and practical foundations for information professionals who wish to design and evaluate search systems and services, taking user-centered approaches. This course explores search user interfaces, search behavior, search interaction, search user experience, search as learning, search for creativity, and research methods for understanding information behavior and evaluating search systems. Students will learn search behavior across various contexts, including academic and professional settings, everyday life, and digital learning environments. Students will gain insights into how people interact with, use, and evaluate information in a variety of application areas, such as web search engines, domain-specific search systems, digital libraries, social search platforms, and generative AI-based systems.

Prerequisites

Graduate standing.

Skills and Knowledge
UX Research Of Search Systems
qualitative Research Methods
information System Evaluation And Experiments
Topics and Concepts
Human Information Behavior
search User Experience
interactions With Search Systems

Scheduled and Upcoming Classes for this Course

No upcoming classes are scheduled for this course.

Past Classes for this Course

Class Name Semester Day(s) Start Time(s) End Time(s) Building Room
INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: User Behavior and Search Experience

Soo Young Rieh

Fall Term 2024
INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: User Behavior and Search Experience

Soo Young Rieh Syllabus

Spring Term 2023
  • Thursday
  • 3:30 PM
  • 6:30 PM
  • UTA
  • 1.208
INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: User Behavior and Search Experience

Soo Young Rieh Syllabus

Spring Term 2022
  • Thursday
  • 3:30 PM
  • 6:30 PM
  • UTA
  • 1.204