Evaluation of User Interface Design To Optimize Access to Library Databases for People Who Are Motor Impaired.

Edwards, Kirstie; Van Mele, Isabel; Verheust, Mieke; Spaepen, Arthur

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Publication Date: 1997

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Evaluation of User Interface Design To Optimize Access to Library Databases for People Who Are Motor Impaired.

Edwards, Kirstie; Van Mele, Isabel; Verheust, Mieke; Spaepen, Arthur

Information Technology and Libraries, v16 n4 p175-81 Dec 1997

Three user interfaces to LIBIS, a library catalog accessible through the Internet, were evaluated for use by people who are motor impaired to identify how interface design influences the motor actions necessary to operate the system. Problems and recommendations related to simplicity, consistency, instinctiveness, interaction/feedback, and reducing/facilitating motor actions are considered. (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Graphs, Internet, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Physical Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, User Needs (Information), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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