The International Children's Digital Library: Description and Analysis of First Use
The International Children's Digital Library: Description and Analysis of First Use
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2003-01-21
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Druin, Allison
Bederson, Benjamin B.
Weeks, Ann
Farber, Allison
Grosjean, Jesse
Guha, Mona Leigh
Hourcade, Juan Pablo
Lee, Juhyun
Liao, Sabrina
Reuter, Kara
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Abstract
In this paper we describe the first version of the International Children's
Digital Library (ICDL). As a five-year research project, its mission is to
enable children to access and read an international collection of children's
books through the development of new interface technologies. This paper will
describe the need for such research, our work in the context of other digital
libraries for children, and an initial analysis of the first seven weeks of the
ICDL's public use on the web.
Categories and Subject Descriptors
H.3.7 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Digital Libraries - Dissemination,
User Issues; H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces -
Graphical User Interfaces
(UMIACS-TR-2003-04)
(HCIL-TR-2003-02)