audiotape the session
no one-minutes from last time
DL week http://ils.unc.edu/idl/events/Digital_Library_Week_Schedule.htm

1. One-minute paper debriefing
Big Points:
Questions:

2. Conference reports
SPIRE/CRIWG ‘99
ISDL ‘99
HCI-DL Institute

3. BLS/Fedstats work (the big picture)
a) studies of users and tasks http://ils.unc.edu/~march/blsreport/mainbls.html
b) prototype to address specific challenges (alternatives, information abundant displays) http://ils.unc.edu/~march/blsreport98/final_report.html
c) prototype to address specific challenges (alternatives, multiviews) http://ils.unc.edu/~march/bls_final_report99.pdf
also see http://squash.ils.unc.edu/bls/bls.html

4. Discussion points on readings from last time.
d) putting research into practice (from prototypes to products)
e) the importance of data models and mapping to display
Lin leads to continued research
Ahlberg leads to http://www.spotfire.com/
Envision leads to dissertation
WebToc leads to shared interests
Lamping leads to http://www.inxight.com/

5. Design exercise.  Develop a query screen mockup.  The mockup should allow people to articulate queries to a retrieval system.  The context could be anything you define, e.g., WWW retrieval with a webpage; a mobile device to retrieve voice mail; a web page to retrieve video clips; etc.  The mockup can be paper sketches (e.g., with sticky notes to show “depth”); an HTML page, etc.  The following must be specified in accompanying ‘documentation.’
Document space (the database(s) upon which queries are cast)
Query form (the input mode, e.g., type, speak, gesture, click)
Query rules (whether queries are qualified, if so, how—e.g., Boolean connectives)
 

6. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?