ERCIM DELOS - User Interfaces for All Joint Workshop
by Constantine Stephanidis and Preben Hansen
On the occasion of the co-location of the 4th Annual ERCIM Workshop
on ‘User Interfaces for All’, and the 8th ERCIM DELOS Workshop
on ‘User Interfaces for Digital Libraries’, which took place in
Stockholm, Sweden, 19-21 October and 21-23 October 1998 respectively,
a joint meeting (mini-workshop) was organised. The objective of
this meeting was to discuss and elaborate an R&D agenda for HCI
activities in the field of Digital Libraries.
The main issues that were discussed during the meeting include
the characterisation of the current situation concerning the area
of interaction design for Digital Libraries (particularly in the
context of R&D activities of the two working groups), the opportunities
for the submission of proposals for joint project work in the
context of the 5th Framework Programme of the European Commission,
and the drafting of a White Paper to articulate the vision and
scope of the common R&D directions.
During this workshop, critical R&D themes of common interest emerged
pertaining to the contributions from information retrieval, co-operation
and collaboration, interaction metaphors, visualisation, ubiquitous
access, customisation and individualisation, interoperability,
etc, to facilitate both the informational and situational (eg
social) aspects of Digital Library systems. In addition, non-technological
aspects such as ethics, intellectual property rights and the role
of the end-users were deemed as crucial elements of success in
constructing and deploying Digital Library systems.
In the course of this workshop, the opportunity to compile a White
Paper to reflect the common ground and provide a joint R&D roadmap
for future actions in this area was received very favourably.
The White Paper is expected to give an account of the state of
the art internationally, to identify existing gaps in current
R&D efforts, and to synthesise the range of critical issues that
need to be addressed in the context of new co-operative R&D activities.
Please contact:
Constantine Stephanidis - FORTH
Tel: +30 81 391741
E-mail: cs@ics.forth.gr
Preben Hansen - SICS
Tel: + 46 8 6331554
E-mail: preben@sics.se
