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University of Liverpool Proposed New Library Interface

University of Liverpool Proposed New Library Interface. A Direct Manipulation based strategy. COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16. There are several key tasks that the current library system interface performs…. Key Tasks. Check your library record. Borrow a book. Renew a book.

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University of Liverpool Proposed New Library Interface

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  1. University of LiverpoolProposed New Library Interface A Direct Manipulation based strategy COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  2. There are several key tasks that the current library system interface performs…. Key Tasks Check your library record Borrow a book Renew a book Suggest new books Search for a book COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  3. From these, I have decided to analyse these tasks in turn…. Task Operations Search for a book • The steps involved with searching for a book are… • Step 1: Recall information about the book • Step 2: Search for the book in the catalogue • Step 3: Analyse the search results (NOT IN CURRENT INTERFACE COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  4. From these, I have decided to analyse these tasks in turn…. Task Operations Borrow a book • The steps involved with borrowing a book are… • Step 1: Check availability of the book after searching • Step 2: Go to the shelf to pick up the book • Step 3: Take the book out on loan (NOT IN CURRENT INTERFACE) COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  5. From these, I have decided to analyse these tasks in turn…. Task Operations Check your Library record • The steps involved with checking your Library record are… • Step 1: Recall personal ID and PIN • Step 2: Enter the information into the system • Step 3: Analyse the results displayed COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  6. I now have the task of designing a metaphor for my new Library interface. This will be based around the concept of a Bookshelf. The key ideas of this are…. Interface Metaphor Bookmarks Books Different sizes Bookshelf Book-ends Different colours Index Different shapes COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  7. Each of these key ideas will help the user relate the property to the action they are performing. Interface Metaphor Books These will represent the physical books themselves and are stored on the ‘bookshelf’. This relates to the real life concept whereby the books are stored in the bookshelves and have to be taken off the shelf and taken out to be issued to the user. COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  8. Each of these key ideas will help the user relate the property to the action they are performing. Interface Metaphor Different Characteristics In the real life bookshelf, not all books will be the same shape, size or colour. These differences in characteristic could prove useful to the interface if each type of book was allocated a colour. For example…. Green for Fiction Red for Fact COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  9. Each of these key ideas will help the user relate the property to the action they are performing. Interface Metaphor Index The University library will store many thousands of items across many different physical locations. When searching for a book, an ‘index’ of all available titles is searched for any matches. In the same way, when opening a book and looking for information, the index is consulted. COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  10. Each of these key ideas will help the user relate the property to the action they are performing. Interface Metaphor Bookends These will represent the divisions between books of different themes and subjects. In a real life bookshelf, these are used exactly for this purpose, and often have markers on them. When the search results of the system are displayed, there needs to be a similar division of results. COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  11. I will now list the basic objects and attributes, relations and actions that will be made available to the user. Interface Design Objects and Attributes • Books: title, author • Characteristics: size, shape, colour • Index: classification, author • Bookends: theme, subject, type COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  12. I will now list the basic objects and attributes, relations and actions that will be made available to the user. Interface Design Relationships • Books: Each book would represent a different section of the interface • Characteristics: A colour key could represent different types of book/functions in the system • Index: This can represent the library database containing information on all the available books • Bookends: Divisions between type/subject area on results screen with the use of a horizontal line COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  13. I will now list the basic objects and attributes, relations and actions that will be made available to the user. Interface Design Actions • Search for a book (Task 1) • Borrow a book (Task 2) • Check library record (Task 3) COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

  14. I will now indicate the mappings from the interface actions to the conceptual model actions. Interface Mappings COMP106 Assessment 2 Proposal 16

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