TY - GEN
T1 - Dynamic digital libraries for children
AU - Theng, Yin Leng
AU - Mohd-Nasir, Norliza
AU - Buchanan, George
AU - Fields, Bob
AU - Thimbleby, Harold
AU - Cassidy, Noel
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The majority of current digital libraries (DLs) are not designed for children. For DLs to be popular with children, they need to be fun, easy-to-use and empower them, whether as readers or authors. This paper describes a new children's DL emphasizing its design and evaluation, working with the children (11-14 year olds) as design partners and testers. A truly participatory process was used, and observational study was used as a means of refinement to the initial design of the DL prototype. In contrast with current DLs, the children's DL provides both a static as well as a dynamic environment to encourage active engagement of children in using it. Design, implementation and security issues are also raised.
AB - The majority of current digital libraries (DLs) are not designed for children. For DLs to be popular with children, they need to be fun, easy-to-use and empower them, whether as readers or authors. This paper describes a new children's DL emphasizing its design and evaluation, working with the children (11-14 year olds) as design partners and testers. A truly participatory process was used, and observational study was used as a means of refinement to the initial design of the DL prototype. In contrast with current DLs, the children's DL provides both a static as well as a dynamic environment to encourage active engagement of children in using it. Design, implementation and security issues are also raised.
KW - Collaborative writing
KW - Design partners and testers
KW - Design process
KW - Ethnography
KW - Observational study
KW - Participatory design
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U2 - 10.1145/379437.379738
DO - 10.1145/379437.379738
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84901266192
SN - 1581133456
SN - 9781581133455
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries
SP - 406
EP - 415
BT - Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, JCDL 2001
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 1st ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, JCDL 2001
Y2 - 24 June 2001 through 28 June 2001
ER -