SALS-SIG Research Seminar

Digital Library Information Appliances

Abstract:

Although digital libraries are intended to support education and knowledge work, current digital library interfaces are narrowly focused on retrieval. Furthermore, they are designed for desktop computers with keyboards, mice, and high-speed network connections. Desktop computers fail to support many key aspects of knowledge work, including active reading, free form ink annotation, fluid movement among document activities, and physical mobility. This paper proposes portable computers specialized for knowledge work, or digital library information appliances, as a new platform for accessing digital libraries. We present a number of ways that knowledge work can be augmented and transformed by the use of such appliances.

Biography:

Gene Golovchinsky is a Sr. Research Scientist at FX Palo Alto Laboratory (FXPAL). His research interests include user interface design and human-computer interaction, with emphasis on information retrieval, information exploration, hypertext, and pen-based computing. Gene completed his PhD in Human Factors at the University of Toronto in 1996. He has worked at IBM and Kaiser Electronics.

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