Usability in Digital Humanities - Evaluating User Interfaces, Infrastructural Components and the Use of Mobile Devices During Research Process

Bulatovic, Natasa; Gnadt, Timo; Romanello, Matteo; Stiller, Juliane; Thoden, Klaus

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43997-6_26

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“…Gibbs et al (2012) talk about how the typical humanities user is often neglected in the design of tools, and how tools' visibility can be increased by good attention to the usability. More recent work by Bulatovic et al (2016) agrees, and states that digital humanities tools often suffer from poor user experiences, mainly caused by the lack of resources spent on usability research.…”

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Usability Evaluation for Online Professional Search in the Dutch Archaeology Domain

Brandsen,

Verberne,

Lambers

et al. 2021

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This paper presents AGNES, the first information retrieval system for archaeological grey literature, allowing full-text search of these long archaeological documents. This search system has a web interface that allows archaeology professionals and scholars to search through a collection of over 60,000 Dutch excavation reports, totalling 361 million words. We conducted a user study for the evaluation of AGNES's search interface, with a small but diverse user group. The evaluation was done by screen capturing and a think aloud protocol, combined with a user interface feedback questionnaire. The evaluation covered both controlled use (completion of a pre-defined task) as well as free use (completion of a freely chosen task). The free use allows us to study the information needs of archaeologists, as well as their interactions with the search system. We conclude that: (1) the information needs of archaeologists are typically recall-oriented, often requiring a list of items as answer; (2) the users prefer the use of free-text queries over metadata filters, confirming the value of a free-text search system; (3) the compilation of a diverse user group contributed to the collection of diverse issues as feedback for improving the system. We are currently refining AGNES's user interface and improving its precision for archaeological entities, so that AGNES will help archaeologists to answer their research questions more effectively and efficiently, leading to a more coherent narrative of the past.

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“…In digital humanities studies, usability evaluation of tools and services is seen as a key part of the research (Bulatovic et al, 2016), and is published and discussed in detail (e.g. Steiner et al, 2014;Bartalesi et al, 2016;Hu, 2018).…”

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Usability Evaluation for Online Professional Search in the Dutch Archaeology Domain

Brandsen,

Verberne,

Lambers

et al. 2021

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“…So why are creators not engaging potential users more actively? Aside from the findings of the aforementioned LAIRAH study, the most recent article on the topic reports that usability testing in Digital Humanities is not yet widely established for a variety of reasons, including the absence of usability tests or survey templates in the Humanities for specific services and the vague or unspecific research questions feeding the development of the services (Bulatovic et al, 2016):…”

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Digital Editions of Text

Franzini

Terras

Mahony

2019

J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

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This paper presents the findings of a web survey designed to better understand the expectations and use of digital editions of texts. The survey, modelled upon a detailed analysis of 242 projects, recorded 218 complete responses, shedding light on user requirements of digital editions. Specifically, the survey indicates that issues of data reuse, licensing, image availability, and comprehensive documentation are the most requested features of digital editions although ones which seldom are provided. This analysis feeds into previous studies on good practice in building Digital Humanities resources and puts forward practical recommendations for both creators and funders of digital editions in an e ort to promote a stronger consideration of user needs. This survey will be of interest to those who produce digital editions of texts, including developers and engineers, and will also be of interest to those who commission and fund these projects, such as universities, libraries and archives, whose documentary collections are often showcased in digital editions. 3 The following is an English translation of the quote by the first author: "Digital editions form part of cultural heritage and should, therefore, be valued equally to library, archival and museum collections; they should also be considered for inclusion in digital libraries-intended here as resource-aggregatorsas access tools to cultural heritage [...]."

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Humanities Scholars and Digital Humanities Projects: Practice Barriers in Tools Usage

Liu

McKay

Buchanan

2021

Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries

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Usability in Digital Humanities - Evaluating User Interfaces, Infrastructural Components and the Use of Mobile Devices During Research Process

Cited by 4 publications

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Usability Evaluation for Online Professional Search in the Dutch Archaeology Domain

Usability Evaluation for Online Professional Search in the Dutch Archaeology Domain

Digital Editions of Text

Humanities Scholars and Digital Humanities Projects: Practice Barriers in Tools Usage

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