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Submitted on 16th of January 2006
Author Yeh, Ron B; Liao, Chunyuan; Klemmer, Scott R; Guimbretiere, Francois; Lee, Brian; Kakaradov, Boyko; Stamberger, Jeannie; Paepcke, Andreas
Title ButterflyNet: A Mobile Capture and Access System for Field Biology Research
Date of publication 2006
Published in CHI: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Citation Yeh, Ron B; Liao, Chunyuan; Klemmer, Scott R; Guimbretiere, Francois; Lee, Brian; Kakaradov, Boyko; Stamberger, Jeannie; Paepcke, Andreas. ButterflyNet: A Mobile Capture and Access System for Field Biology Research, CHI: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Number of pages 10
Language English
Project BioACT
Type Conference or Journal Paper
Subject group Mobile Computing
Abstract Through a study of field biology practices, we observed that biology fieldwork generates a wealth of heterogeneous information, requiring substantial labor to coordinate and distill. To manage this data, biologists leverage a diverse set of tools, organizing their effort in paper notebooks. These observations motivated ButterflyNet, a mobile capture and access system that integrates paper notes with digital photographs captured during field research. Through ButterflyNet, the activity of leafing through a notebook expands to browsing all associated digital photos. ButterflyNet also facilitates the transfer of captured content to spreadsheets, enabling biologists to share their work. A first-use study with 14 biologists found this system to offer rich data capture and transformation, in a manner felicitous with current practice.
Keywords Mobile capture and access, augmented paper notebook.
Sponsored by NSF (IIS-0430448 partially supported Yeh; IIS-0447703 partially supported Guimbretiýre and Liao). Microsoft Research (partially supported Liao).
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