Purpose In this conceptual essay, the purpose of this paper is to argue that the structure of databases and other information systems provides valuable information beyond their content. The author contends that reading databases – as a separate, distinct activity from retrieving and reading...

Purpose This paper examines how bonded design (BD), a participatory design methodology, was influenced by the transition to working in a virtual environment necessitated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Abiding by the participatory design tenets of...

Purpose This study aims to contribute to the clarification of core concepts in information experience research and to the consolidation of information experience as a distinctive research object. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a series of techniques from Wilson's toolkit of...