"It may change my understanding of the field": Understanding reading tools for scholars and professional readers
Date
2009
Authors
Siemens, Ray
Leitch, Cara
Blake, Analisa
Armstrong, Karin
Willinsky, John
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Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Digital Humanities Quarterly
Abstract
As the amount of scholarly material published in digital form increases, there is growing pressure on content producers to identify the needs of expert readers and to create online tools that satisfy their requirements. Based on the results of a study conducted by the Public Knowledge Project and introduced at Digital Humanities 2006 (Siemens, Willinsky and Blake), continued and augmented since, this paper discusses the reactions of Humanities Computing scholars and graduate students to using a set of online reading tools. The results of our study reveal both the potential strengths and perceived weaknesses of online reading environments. Understanding how users read and evaluate research materials, anticipating users’ expectations of the reading tools and resources, and addressing user concerns about the availability of online material will lead to improvements in the design and features of online publishing.
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Keywords
Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL), Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE)
Citation
Siemens, R., Leitch, C., Blake, A., Armstrong, K., & Willinsky, J. (2009). "It may change my understanding of the field": Understanding reading tools for scholars and professional readers. Digital Humanities Quarterly, 3(4).