Archive for the ‘Art History’ Category

Enriched Records for Art History Catalogues: Contributing and Retrieving

February 23, 2008

Gerald Benoit, Dept of Computer Science & Grad School of Library & Information Science
Simmons College

Gerald Benoit reported for us the rationale for a 3D-based interface for navigating the results from a search query of an Art History database of images. He reviewed other 3D interfaces, reported on the user-study of his own system (which, he admitted, was a rejection of their 3D approach), and discussed the test subjects interest in “ownership” of the catalogue and its meta-data. (more…)