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Mothe, Josiane; Chrisment, Claude; Dousset, Bernard; Alaux, Joel – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Describes a user interface that provides global visualizations of large document sets to help users formulate the query that corresponds to their information needs. Highlights include concept hierarchies that users can browse to specify and refine information needs; knowledge discovery in databases and texts; and multidimensional modeling.…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, User Needs (Information)
Verhoeven, B.; Duval, E.; Olivie, H. – 1999
This paper discusses a generic query tool that enables an end user to query a metadata store through filters that impose search criteria on attributes. The Metadata Query Tool (MQT) is generic in the sense that it dynamically creates its user interface, based on configuration files that define the metadata scheme and the query functionalities.…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Databases
Pereira, Javier; Englmeier, Kurt; Rojas, Claudio – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2002
Discusses qualitatively enhanced access to data collections, requiring a more meaningful interface which endows the users with personal agents that are adaptable to the users' individual retrieval preferences. Users are given recommendations derived from best practice in information search processes to perform successful retrieval activities via…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Information Retrieval
Bell, Steven J. – American Libraries, 2003
Discusses full-text databases and whether existing aggregator databases are meeting user needs. Topics include the need for better search interfaces; concepts of quality research and information retrieval; information overload; full text in electronic journal collections versus aggregator databases; underrepresentation of certain disciplines; and…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Electronic Journals, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval
Luck, Donald D.; Hunter, J. Mark – 1997
This paper describes basic types of World Wide Web pages and presents design criteria for page layout based on principles of visual literacy. Discussion focuses on pages that present information in the following styles: billboard; directory/index; textual; and graphics. Problems and solutions in Web page construction are explored according to…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Design Requirements, Evaluation Criteria
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
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
Ju, Boryung; Gluck, Myke – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
The purpose of this study was to organize menu items based on a user-process model and implement a new version of current software for enhancing usability of interfaces. A user-process model was developed, drawn from actual users' understanding of their goals and strategies to solve their information needs by using Dervin's Sense-Making Theory…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking

Stephenson, Christie – Library Trends, 1999
Examines the Museum Educational Site Licensing (MESL) Project--a cooperative project between seven cultural heritage repositories and seven universities--as well as other developments of cultural heritage image databases for academic use. Reviews recent literature on image indexing and retrieval, interface design, and tool development, urging a…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs
Yakel, Elizabeth – Journal of Archival Organization, 2004
The article reports the results of a usability study of an EAD interface. Findings indicate that subjects had trouble understanding archival terminology and how best to search for information in finding aids. Furthermore, they were not familiar with the structure or contents of finding aids. In addition to building interfaces that minimize…
Descriptors: Archives, Standards, Coding, Metadata

Turner, Fay – Library Hi Tech, 1998
Provides a brief description of the Z39.50 information retrieval standard and reviews evaluation criteria and questions that should be asked when selecting a Z39.50 client. Areas for consideration include whether to buy or build a Z39.50 client, the end-user's requirements, connecting to a remote server, searching, managing the search response,…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Selection, Evaluation Criteria, Information Retrieval
Budzik, Jay; Hammond, Kristian; Marlow, Cameron; Scheinkman, Andrei – 1998
This paper outlines work on a class of systems called Personal Information Management Assistants (PIMAs). PIMAs observe user interaction with everyday applications and use these observations to anticipate a user's information needs. They then automatically fulfill these needs by accessing Internet information sources, filtering the results, and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Information Management
Weiner, Michael L.; Rusch, Peter F. – 1996
The DR-LINK (Document Retrieval through Linguist Knowledge) search system was created to help automate the process that research librarians use to convert information needs, as stated by users, into the information retrieval process. DR-LINK resulted from participation in the United States Government initiative called Tipster that was sponsored by…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Systems
Yee, Martha M. – 1999
This paper describes the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) guidelines for librarians charged with customizing OPAC (online public access catalog) software and vendors and producers of this software. The guidelines are intended to apply to all types of catalog, including World Wide Web-based catalogs, GUI…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Guidelines
Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Forty-six panels address topics including women in information science; users and usability; information studies; reference services; information policies; standards; interface design; information retrieval; information networks; metadata; shared access; e-commerce in libraries; knowledge organization; information science theories; digitization;…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Information Networks
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