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The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology, will host the following lectures as part of its Colloquium Series in room 014, Rush Building (30 N. 33rd Street), Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. 5/13/2010 12:30 p.m. Speaker: Josette Jones, IUPUI Title: Building Functional Tell-and-Ask Interfaces Understanding and leveraging user search behavior is increasingly becoming a key component toward improving web sites functionality for the health care consumer and provider. Dr. Jones' current research focuses on "tell and ask" functional interfaces where the user (i.e., nurse, patient, caregiver.) communicates with a knowledge base by making logical assertions (tells) and posing questions (asks) based on domain-specific knowledge representation, its ontologies and ontological commitments. 5/19/2010 12:15 p.m. Speaker: Joan Decker, Records Commissioner, City of Philadelphia Title: Historic Overlays on Smart Phones The speaker will briefly describe the challenges of records management for the City and strategies for addressing them. Then she will explore the development of prototype "augmented reality" mobile phone applications that would allow users to see historic photographs of Philadelphia in the actual city locations by pointing the phone camera at the building. This project draws on the extensive records from the NEH-supported PhillyHistory.org database. Deborah Boyer of Azavea http://www.azavea.com/ will also be present to provide technical details about the implementation. 5/27/2010 12:30 p.m. Speaker: John Zimmerman, CMU Title: Applying Product Attachment Theory in the Practice of Experience Design In this talk, Assistant Professor Zimmerman will discuss how a research through design approach worked to connect product attachment theory to the design process; share a few example artifacts that have been designed as a result of this stance; and detail how other interaction designers and HCI practitioners might apply this perspective in practice. For more information, visit http://www.ischool.drexel.edu or contact Robert Allen at [log in to unmask]