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Marchionini, Gary; Plaisant, Catherine; Komlodi, Anita – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Describes a collaborative effort to explore user needs in a digital library, develop interface prototypes for a digital library, and suggest and prototype tools for digital librarians and users at the Library of Congress. The design process and results are described and suggestions for future work are offered. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Research Needs

Spink, Amanda; Goodrum, Abby – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Reports findings from an exploratory study investigating working notes created during encoding and external storage (EES) processes by human search intermediaries (librarians at the University of North Texas) using a Boolean information retrieval (IR) system. Implications for the design of IR interfaces and further research is discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Higher Education