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Ide, Nancy M.; Sperberg-McQueen, C. M. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
In the case of digital collections of text, provision of a simple unified user interface faces several challenges, among them a tension between intellectual adequacy and simplicity of access. Examines the question of how to allow cross-collection searching and display while preserving the variation in texts and their markup and points to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval
Neumann, Laura J.; Ignacio, Emily N. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Analyzes videotapes of people using the Illinois Digital Library system during tests as well as transcripts and audiotapes from the sessions. Identifies how users learn to uncover new features and what assumptions they have about systems. What first appeared to be a random trial-and-error use of the interface was actually structured exploration…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Ding, Wei; Marchionini, Gary – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Describes the structure of the graphical user interface for the digital resource library presently in use at three Baltimore middle schools. Focuses on video overview and preview mechanisms which are designed to facilitate users' exploration of the whole resource collection, support rapid browsing of object surrogates, and provide access to…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Electronic Libraries, Information Sources, Instructional Materials
