[WEB4LIB] RE: Studies of Kids and the Web

[David King]

A useful overview is the book Weaving a Library Web: A Guide to
Developing Children's Websites
(http://www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_sn=catalog2&_pn=product_d
etail&_op=1332)

David King
Kansas City Public Library
816-701-3400, ext. 2503
davidking at kclibrary.org

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Teets,Mike
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:50 AM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Studies of Kids and the Web

The January 2005 issue of Communications of the ACM will include a
special section focused on "Interaction Design and Children".
Description of coming next month on Page 22, Dec 2004/Vol 47, No 12.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Susan Tropeano
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:41 PM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Studies of Kids and the Web

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