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Gary Perlman develops useful and usable information systems. He worked on research and development for OCLC (oclc.org) on FirstSearch and WorldCat.org usability, accessibility, and translation. Directing the HCI Bibliography (hcibib.org), he is the world's leading organizer of information resources on human-computer interaction. He is the author of |STAT, a statistical package running on UNIX/Linux, DOS, and Macs for longer than many of its users have been alive. Since retirement, he has spent much of his time developing resources for genealogical research.

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Hello, I am Gary Perlman and I work on making information more useful and usable. I was a professor for 12 years, and then worked at OCLC for 17 years, where I worked on research and development of human factors of bibliographic and full-text retrieval systems, notably OCLC's FirstSearch and WorldCat services. I am retired, now, and spend my time working on resources for genealogy (e.g., photographing and indexing gravestones / PDF), which I use for volunteer genealogy at a local geriatric centre. I am honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 IAJGS Volunteer of the Year Award.

Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, I lived in the United States for 30 years and moved back in the summer of 2003.

Most people will want to go to my page of resources on human-computer interaction (like the HCI Bibliography, which is no longer updated) and empirical methods (like the |STAT data analysis package, still in use after 40 years). My user interface questionnaire page is also popular.

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