Children as Design Partners and Testers for a Children’s Digital Library

@incollection{citeulike:2289232, 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.}, author = {Theng, Yin and Nasir, Norliza and Thimbleby, Harold and Buchanan, George and Jones, Matt and Bainbridge, David and Cassidy, Noel }, citeulike-article-id = {2289232}, doi = {10.1007/3-540-45268-0\_23}, journal = {Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries}, keywords = {children, digital-library}, pages = {249--258}, posted-at = {2008-01-25 12:41:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Children as Design Partners and Testers for a Children’s Digital Library}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45268-0\_23}, year = {2000} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:2289232 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2289232 TI - Children as Design Partners and Testers for a Children’s Digital Library JF - Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries SP - 249 EP - 258 N2 - 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. KW - children KW - digital-library AU - Theng, Yin AU - Nasir, Norliza AU - Thimbleby, Harold AU - Buchanan, George AU - Jones, Matt AU - Bainbridge, David AU - Cassidy, Noel PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45268-0_23 ER -