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Twidale, Michael B.; Nichols, David M.; Paice, Chris D. – Information Processing & Management, 1997
Discusses database interfaces and explains that collaboration is an important aspect of searching online information retrieval systems that requires explicit computerized support. Collaboration in physical and in digital libraries is discussed and an example of a system that supports collaboration between browsers, ARIADNE, is described. (105…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Cooperation, Databases, Electronic Libraries
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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
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Bates, Marcia J. – Information Processing & Management, 2002
Presents a model of some of the typical important layers in the design of information systems, and shows how those layers interact in operation. Suggests that these layers are in the way of a cascade of each layer affecting the next. Presents a model of this cascade of interactions in information systems. Provides examples from networked…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Databases, Electronic Libraries