Appearance and functionality of electronic books |
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Authors: | Fabio Crestani Monica Landoni Massimo Melucci |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, G1 1XH, Glasgow, Scotland, UK;(2) Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy |
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Abstract: | We present the results and the lessons learned from two separate and independent studies into the design, development, and
evaluation of electronic books for information access: the Visual Book and the Hyper-TextBook. The Visual Book explored the
importance of the visual component of the book metaphor in the production of “good” electronic books for referencing. The
Hyper-TextBook concentrated on the importance of models and techniques for the automatic production of functional electronic
versions of textbooks. Both studies started from similar considerations on what kinds of paper books are suitable for translation
into electronic form but di.er on the prominence given to book appearance and functionalities. The results of these two research
projects are critically presented in this paper, with the aim of helping designers and implementers to better integrate appearance
and functional aspects of books into a more general methodology for the automatic production of electronic books for information
access. |
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Keywords: | Electronic books Electronic publishing Design Evaluation |
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