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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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226431

Evaluating the usefulness of visual features for supporting document triage

Dagmar KernMaria LuskyDirk Wacker

pp. 446-458

Abstract

One of many challenges the users of digital libraries face is the quick and easy identification of relevant documents as well as their effective use – a process which is called document triage. While there is a variety of means for supporting the actual search process in digital libraries, only few address document triage. In this paper, we investigate the usefulness of user initiated support features that might assist users in this process. Therefore, we implemented SortBoard, a visual workspace for assisting document triage in a digital library for the social sciences. The results of a user study with 16 participants show that the features are highly useful for comparing and organizing documents as well as finding and examining similarities between documents.

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Kamps Jaap, Tsakonas Giannis, Manolopoulos Yannis, Iliadis Lazaros, Karydis Ioannis (2017) Research and advanced technology for digital libraries: 21st international conference on theory and practice of digital libraries, TPDL 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18-21, 2017. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 446-458

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67008-9_35

Full citation:

Kern Dagmar, Lusky Maria, Wacker Dirk (2017) „Evaluating the usefulness of visual features for supporting document triage“, In: J. Kamps, G. Tsakonas, Y. Manolopoulos, L. Iliadis & I. Karydis (eds.), Research and advanced technology for digital libraries, Dordrecht, Springer, 446–458.