Artifact Details

Title

Studies of office procedures and information flow

Catalog Number

102734168

Type

Document

Description

These folders include results of studies regarding office procedures in use at a Xerox Branch Office in order to inform developments of Office Information Systems (OIS). Also included are documents grouped under "Widget Memos" surrounding a series of office exercises, in which Xerox PARC researchers led employees in simulating a simple office task in greatly accelerated time. The participants of this study created documents under a fictitious company called International Widgets Inc.

Date

1975-1979

Author

Newman, William

Publisher

Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)

Category

Technical Paper or Note

Collection Title

Jeff Rulifson papers

Series Title

Xerox PARC records

Credit

Gift of Jeff Rulifson

Lot Number

X6502.2012