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Designing a digital library for young children
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Designing a digital library for young children

Allison Druin, Benjamin Bederson, Juan Hourcade, Lisa Sherman, Glenda Revelle, Michele Platner and Stacy Weng
Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on digital libraries, pp.398-405
JCDL '01
01/01/2001
DOI: 10.1145/379437.379735

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Abstract

As more information resources become accessible using computers,our digital interfaces to those resources need to be appropriate for all people. However when it comes to digital libraries, the interfaces have typically been designed for older children or adults. Therefore, we have begun to develop a digital library interface developmentally appropriate for young children (ages 5-10 years old). Our prototype system we now call SearchKids offers a graphical interface for querying, browsing and reviewing search results. This paper describes our motivation for the research, the design partnership we established between children and adults, our design process, the technology outcomes of our current work, and the lessons we have learned.
children cooperative inquiry digital libraries education applications information retrieval design techniques intergenerational design team participatory design zoomable user interfaces

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