[WEB4LIB] Studies of Kids and the Web

[Jerry Kuntz]

Susan,
   See:
Large, Andrew, et al. "Design Criteria for Children's Web Portals: The Users Speak Out," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 53(2):79-94, 2002.


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From: Susan Tropeano <stropeano at verizon.net>
Reply-To: stropeano at verizon.net
Date:  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:40:40 -0800 (PST)

>I'm involved in a redesign of library sites in a school district. Our 
>final product will have an audience of 1st through 12th grade, 
>teachers, and parents.
>
>I am looking for studies on how young children interact with the web. 
>I've read a few; Jakob Neilson's report from April 2002 "70 usability 
>guidelines for designing websites for children"; American Library 
>Association Great Websites for Kids; Jarad Spool; and several 
>whitepapers that seem to be mostly reporting on what Neilson wrote. 
>There is plenty out there about brand loyalty as it relates to kids and 
>the web but this isn't of any use for this project.
>
>I am also familiar with Edward Tufte's works on visual literacy but I 
>can't find anything he has to say on kids and the web. I did find on 
>his site what websites he thinks are good but they are all adult 
>focused. If he has anything written on kids and web I would be 
>particularly interested.
>
>I have searched hundreds of library sites since last June including as 
>many of the Websites of the Month as I could find (many links were 
>broken) but I'm not finding any library web standards that are back up 
>with website usability tests done with kids.
>
>Can anyone point me to books, websites, or papers on this topic?
>
>Susan Tropeano
>www.clearuse.com
>Improving Internet Content, One Website at a Time
>
>
>

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Jerry Kuntz
Electronic Resources Consultant
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org

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