Abstract
Most of today's digital libraries (DLs) are not designed for children. To produce usable and useful DLs, designers need to ensure that good design features are incorporated, taking into consideration users' needs. We describe our experience working with children as design partners and testers in building a children's DL of stories and poems for 11-14 year olds, using a concrete example to demonstrate our design philosophy and research approach, The study provides insights on useful design features children's DLs should have, and their importance to children. The initial work we have done highlights issues and provides a basis for the building of usable and useful digital libraries for children.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries - 4th European Conference, ECDL 2000, Proceedings |
| Editors | Jose Borbinha, Thomas Baker |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 249-258 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 3540410236, 9783540410232 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 4th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, ECDL 2000 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: Sept 18 2000 → Sept 20 2000 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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| Volume | 1923 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 4th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, ECDL 2000 |
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| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Lisbon |
| Period | 9/18/00 → 9/20/00 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- General Computer Science