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User interaction in digital libraries: coping with diversity through adaptation

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User interface adaptations can be used to address several user interaction challenges in the development of digital library systems. This paper: (a) examines some of the intrinsic characteristics of digital library systems; (b) identifies some of the key Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) challenges in relation to design and architectural abstraction for user interfaces to digital library systems; and (c) develops an argumentation for adaptations in digital library systems. By drawing parallels to recent HCI research into adaptable and adaptive user interaction, the paper illustrates potential areas in which user interface adaptation can provide a useful technique for advancing the quality of human interaction with a digital library system.

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  1. Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Science and Technology Park of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, GR-71110, Greece; E-mail: {cs, demosthe, alpar, nikolau}@ics.forth.gr, , , , , , GR

    C. Stephanidis, D. Akoumianakis, A. Paramythis & C. Nikolaou

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Received: 18 December 1998 / Revised: 31 May 1999

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Stephanidis, C., Akoumianakis, D., Paramythis, A. et al. User interaction in digital libraries: coping with diversity through adaptation . Int J Digit Libr 3, 185–205 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007999900020

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