Anne Morris and Hilary Dyer
Gower
Hardback
418
1998
Automation and computers must inevitably play a major part in the successful functioning of all libraries and information services and managers must understand how they affect their staff both psychologically and physically. The first edition of this book established itself as a valuable source of guidance on this neglected area explaining how poorly designed systems software interfaces work environments or work roles can adversely affect performance or cause stress and ill-health. This new edition reflects developments in technology and European legislation and summarises new guidelines and research on the subject. Health and safety issues are re-examined in light of changes in the last few years and a new section on the human-computer interface includes five new chapters on: dialogue design screen design interaction and usability and software evaluation.
Gower
Hardback
418
1998
Automation and computers must inevitably play a major part in the successful functioning of all libraries and information services and managers must understand how they affect their staff both psychologically and physically. The first edition of this book established itself as a valuable source of guidance on this neglected area explaining how poorly designed systems software interfaces work environments or work roles can adversely affect performance or cause stress and ill-health. This new edition reflects developments in technology and European legislation and summarises new guidelines and research on the subject. Health and safety issues are re-examined in light of changes in the last few years and a new section on the human-computer interface includes five new chapters on: dialogue design screen design interaction and usability and software evaluation.