| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M81748/01 |
| Title: |
INTERACTION MODELLING FOR THE DESIGN OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Blandford, Professor A |
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| Department: |
School of Science and Technology |
| Organisation: |
Middlesex University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 2000 |
Ends: |
31 December 2001 |
Value (£): |
127,489
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human-Computer Interactions |
Networks & Distributed Systems |
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The proposed work is based on two premises: that there is a need for approaches to design and evaluation that accommodate a broad range of concerns, and that digital libraries provide a good test domain for such approaches. Existing libraries provide the core essential functionality: they are structured repositories of multimedia documents, and document can be added and retrieved. However, the quality of the interaction depends on such systems also satisfying a range of non-functional requirements that relate to usability. The focus of this project is on extending and testing an Interaction Framework (IF) that defines such requirements. IF provides a way of describing and reasoning about processes within a multi-agent interaction. It explicitly takes a high-level view, and draws on more focused approaches as needed. In this way, it is designed to integrate user, device and domain considerations.The aims of the work are to achieve a better understanding of the design of digital libraries from a usability perspective, to extend the scope of IF, and to apply IF in the design of the interface to a digital library so that its utility can be assessed.
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http://www.mdx.ac.uk |