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What Is Known About the Impact of Impairments on Information Seeking and Searching?

Authors:

Andrew MacFarlaneAuthors Info & Claims

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 71, Issue 5

Pages 596 - 611

https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24256

Published: 07 April 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Information seeking and access are essential for users in all walks of life, from addressing personal needs such as finding flights to locating information needed to complete work tasks. Over the past decade or so, the general needs of people with impairments have increasingly been recognized as something to be addressed, an issue embedded both in international treaties and in state legislation. The same tendency can be found in research, where a growing number of user studies including people with impairments have been conducted. The purpose of these studies is typically to uncover potential barriers for access to information, especially in the context of inaccessible search user interfaces. This literature review provides an overview of research on the information seeking and searching of users with impairments. The aim is to provide an overview to both researchers and practitioners who work with any of the user groups identified. Some diagnoses are relatively well represented in the literature (for instance, visual impairment), but there is very little work in other areas (for instance, autism) and in some cases no work at all (for instance, aphasia). Gaps are identified in the research, and suggestions are made regarding areas where further research is needed.

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Mobile device use is omnipresent in everyday life spawning design to account for the increased complexity and diversity of “Situationally Induced Impairments and Disabilities (SIID)”. Although SIIDs frequently impact interactions, little research ...

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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Volume 71, Issue 5

May 2020

124 pages

ISSN:2330-1635

EISSN:2330-1643

DOI:10.1002/asi.v71.5

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