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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2001
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED459817 |
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Table of Contents:
- Designing e-Books for Legal Research. Marshall, Catherine C. Price, Morgan N. Golovchinsky, Gene Schilit, Bill N. Computer Interfaces Computer Software Development Electronic Libraries Electronic Text Higher Education Legal Education (Professions) Research This paper reports the findings from a field study of legal research in a first-tier law school and on the resulting redesign of XLibris, a next-generation e-book. The report first characterizes a work setting in which an e-book was expected to be a useful interface for reading and otherwise using a mix of physical and digital library materials, and it explores what kinds of reading-related functionality would bring value to this setting. It describes important aspects of legal research in a heterogeneous information environment, including mobility, reading, annotation, link following and writing practices, and the general implications for design. The paper then discusses how their work with a user community and an evolving e-book prototype allowed them to examine tandem issues of usability and utility, and to redesign an existing e-book user interface to suit the needs of law students. The study moves away from the notion of a stand-alone reading device and toward the concept of a document laptop, a platform that would provide wireless access to information resources, as well as support a fuller spectrum of reading-related activities. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/AEF)