categoryallspace2-Organizations Usability http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Organizations/Usability A directory of resources about organizations and usability in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Organizations/Usability http://tc.eserver.org/28851.html http://tc.eserver.org/28851.html EPSScentral.INFO is a set of free resources on the many disciplines that comprise performance centered design, including cognitive science, usability engineering, agile development, information engineering and architecture, knowledge management, hypermedia engineering, content management, learning technologies, human factors engineering, and more. The site includes articles, awards, books, design and development methods, tools, organizations, people, reports and studies. http://tc.eserver.org/23024.html http://tc.eserver.org/23024.html An organization for Usability and Design professional, as well as people just enthusiastic about these endeavors, who live or work in the Greater Twin Cities Area. http://tc.eserver.org/22810.html http://tc.eserver.org/22810.html Cadius es una iniciativa al servicio de la comunidad de profesionales de la Arquitectura de Información y la Usabilidad. http://tc.eserver.org/20703.html http://tc.eserver.org/20703.html This site is dedicated to increasing awareness of the benefits derived from the use of 'user-centered' development methods in the creation of advanced technological solutions to complex social and business problems. The primary focus of our editorial content is on screen-based products and services. In the strong belief that knowledge is power and collaboration expands knowledge we have created this site with the hope of building an executive resource for user-centered design information. http://tc.eserver.org/19733.html http://tc.eserver.org/19733.html ICDRI’s mission is to collect a global knowledge base of quality disability resources and best practices and to provide education, outreach and training based on these core resources. http://tc.eserver.org/18601.html http://tc.eserver.org/18601.html The Universal Design Research Project is a three year study funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. This project was designed to gain an understanding of why and how companies adopt universal design, and what factors are the most important in making this decision. In addition, factors which discourage or impede the adoption and successful practice of universal design are also being identified. A second objective is to determine what those outside of companies can do to support universal design within the companies. http://tc.eserver.org/18435.html http://tc.eserver.org/18435.html Universalusability.org provides the definition and foundation for the topic of universal usability in addition to introducing researchers and practitioners to five perspectives on universal usability. Universal usability involves understanding how users attempt to accomplish tasks using a variety of technologies in different organizational and social contexts. And researchers and practitioners have a wide range of approaches and methods available to apply to this range of user-system interactions. http://tc.eserver.org/14093.html http://tc.eserver.org/14093.html The Special Needs SIG serves as a focal point both to help members with special needs achieve their potential and to help ensure the accessibility of technical communication products to end users with special needs. We accomplish this by researching and publishing information about products, services, and literature that can assist technical communicators with disabilities in their career activities and to assist all technical communicators in developing products that are fully accessible to users with disabilities. http://tc.eserver.org/10206.html http://tc.eserver.org/10206.html The Usability Professionals' Association was formed to: provide a network and opportunities through which usability professionals can communicate and share information about skills and skill development, methodology used and/or proposed in the profession, tools, technology, and organizational issues; present the viewpoints of the profession to the public and other interested parties; educate the general public and others on the usefulness of the profession; represent the profession before governmental bodies and agencies; provide the methods and means to increase the members' knowledge of the profession through seminars, newsletters, magazines, and other communication tools, and through meetings and conventions; serve the best interests of the usability profession. http://tc.eserver.org/10096.html http://tc.eserver.org/10096.html This site links to various interest groups of the Association for Computing Machinery, including Computer-Human Interaction SIGCHI, Systems Documentation SIGDOC, Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques SIGGRAPH, Management Information Systems SIGMIS, Multimedia SIGMM, etc.