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Martin, Kathi; Lin, Xia; Lunin, Lois – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Reports on the human factors considered in the design and implementation of a digital museum for historic costume. Starting with an elicitation and analysis of the qualitative and functional needs of its users, an evolutionary prototype was developed for a model of digital archiving that delivers a gratifying Web experience, visually and…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer System Design, Database Design, Design Preferences
Large, Andrew; Beheshti, Jamshid; Nesset, Valerie; Bowler, Leanne – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Describes the process undertaken by a design team comprising both elementary school students and researchers to design a Web portal intended for use by children. The approach adopted by the team was based upon several design theories related to usability studies: contextual inquiry, participatory design, and cooperative inquiry. Presents…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs
Wacholder, Nina; Sharp, Mark; Liu, Lu; Yuan, Xiaojun; Song, Peng – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Reports on the methodology used in an experiment whose objective was to discover whether information seekers display experimentally demonstrable preferences for index terms with particular properties, and if so, to analyze those preferences. Results provide strong evidence that it is possible to measure human preference for index terms.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Design Preferences, Indexes
Bilal, Dania – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Using a participatory approach, 11 middle school children created paper prototypes for Web search engines. The prototypes were analyzed in relation to content-related spaces, specific spaces, general spaces, instruction spaces, and other spaces. Children's comments about the purposes of the interfaces were analyzed in terms of functionality and…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Design Preferences
