Blandford, A and Gow, J and Buchanan, G and Warwick, C and Rimmer, J (2007) Creators, composers and consumers: experiences of designing a digital library. In: Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2007. (239 - 242). Springer: Berlin / Heidelberg.
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Abstract
Many systems form ?chains? whereby developers use one system (or ?tool?) to create another system, for use by other people. Little work within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has considered how usability considerations propagate through such chains and yet in many situations the usability of systems is determined by design decisions made at one or more steps removed from the immediate developers of the system in question. In this paper, we relate our experiences of developing digital library components and collections to this notion of ?design chains?. This case study illustrates the necessity of looking beyond the immediate users to try to anticipate the needs of stakeholders elsewhere in the design chain.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Creators, composers and consumers: experiences of designing a digital library |
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-540-74794-9 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-540-74796-3_23 |
| Additional information: | Imported via OAI, 7:29:01 6th Mar 2008 |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Arts and Social Sciences > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Information Studies UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Computer Science |
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