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A User-Centered Perspective On Information Technologies In Museums, Jessie Pallud Sep 2009

A User-Centered Perspective On Information Technologies In Museums, Jessie Pallud

Computer Information Systems Dissertations

Information Technology (IT) has been put forth as a reasonable way to sustain visitor interest and encourage visit repetition in museums. Therefore, IT is becoming more common in museum settings and professionals express their need for more information about how their visitors interact with these systems. This dissertation is an attempt to answer this call. We propose three essays that deal with different aspects of museums and IT from a user-centered perspective. The first essay is an attempt to determine with a free simulation experiment how IT and more particularly websites can arouse interest for museological content. The second essay …