Usability Research resources

CPLUS IT SERVICES LTD OFFER A FREE HOSTING SERVICE FOR THOSE RESEARCHER IN THE ACADEMIC FIELD WHO WISH TO POST PAPERS, RESEARCH NOTES, POSTERS, AND OTHER MATERIAL ON THE INTERNET SO THAT OTHERS COULD BENEFIT FROM THEIR FINDINGS. AT PRESENT THE AREAS OF RESEARCH IS CONFINED TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
• E-LEARNING
• COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
• HEARING IMPAIRED TECHNOLOGIES
• TELEVISION TECHNOLOGIES AND HISTORICAL TELEVISION
• TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Copyright remains with the author (s) other than implied permission for CPLUS to publish the papers/submissions on their websites.

All papers will normally be posted in the PDF format.
All work has to be original unless properly referenced using an acceptable format such as the Harvard referencing system. Owing to bandwidth restrictions colour jpegs are discouraged, although colour graphs etc are fine.

Details of any institution such as universities or research bodies should also be included. If the papers have been presented at a conference, this information must also be included. We are unable to accept papers which have been included in reviewed journals owing to copyright issues. If the paper has been peer reviewed this information should also be included.

Submissions for publication should be sent by e-mail to dbc@cplus-it.co.uk
Submitted documents will be then added to one or more of the following sites:

www.deaf-research.org.uk
www.tvusability.org.uk
www.cplus-it.co.uk
www.deafened.co.uk
www.edgarlarner.org.uk
www.usability-research.org.uk
www.tvresearch.co.uk
www.tvresearch.org.uk



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See www.cplus-it-sales.co.uk for our computing superstore. We are also Lenovo, Microsoft and Oki Partners, for small businesses and individuals, we are also passionate about open source and can advise on both Linux and Solaris. At present we do not cater for Apple Computing, although we hope this will change in the near future.

A new CPLUS research only site will be launched to act as a link page to all our research sites in July.


 see also  http://www.deaf-research.org.uk, a resource site to assist those researching hearing impaired/technology issues.

Other sites in my portfolio include:

http://www.tvresearch.org.uk On-line in beta format, as a television research site

http://www.deafened.co.uk The main site of Desmond Boksan-Cullen's research.

http://www.deafenedproject.org/ details of my recent MPhil project

http://www.edgarlarner.org.uk This site is dedicated to the memory of the great but largely forgotten televsion and radio pioneer Edgar T Larner, and others involved in the development of television

http://www.boksan-cullen.co.uk the family site

http://www.ivana-quilts.co.uk/ my wife's site showing some of her patchwork/quilts she has made.

3 new sites to go online in 2007:


digital television access rights in residentiall care (research)

public access television research

tvhistory- Sister site of edgarlarner.org.uk it will detail the development of televsion from the 1920s to the introduction of digital Televsion including IPTV, Terrestrial and mobile phone tv.

Others planned:

(URL's tbc)

digital television research resources ; silent cinema in Sussex, the first 30 years. usability for all

Interesting Links

aDesigner (from IBM)

A disability simulator that helps Web designers ensure that their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired. So if you would like to know how visibly impaired people can access the internet, then log on tohttp://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner


beta version 2.7 website