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| Available via | http://dbpubs.stanford.edu/pub/1997-69 | ||
| Submitted on | 29th of October 2001 | ||
| Author | Cousins, Steve B.; Paepcke, Andreas; Winograd, Terry; Bier, Eric A.; Pier, Ken | ||
| Title | The Digital Library Integrated Task Environment (DLITE) | ||
| Date of publication | 14th of January 1997 | ||
| Citation | Cousins, Steve B.; Paepcke, Andreas; Winograd, Terry; Bier, Eric A.; Pier, Ken. The Digital Library Integrated Task Environment (DLITE), | ||
| Number of pages | 10 | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Project | Digital Libraries | ||
| Type | Other | ||
| Subject group | Digital Libraries | ||
| Abstract | We describe a case study in the design of a user interface to a digital library. Our design stems from a vision of a library as a channel to the vast array of digital information and doc ument services that are becoming available. Based on pub lished studies of library use and on scenarios, we developed a metaphor called workcenters, which are customized for users' tasks. Due to our scenarios and to prior work in the CHI community, we chose a direct-manipulation realization of the metaphor. Our system, called DLITE, is designed to make it easy for users to interact with many different ser vices while focusing on a task. Users have reacted favorably to the interface design in pilot testing, but a problem sur faced: we need a mechanism to teach new users about the metaphor and interface. We conclude by describing our approaches to this problem. | ||
| Notes | Previous number = SIDL-WP-1996-0049 | ||
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