[WEB4LIB] RE: opacs for children

[Yu, Holly]

You can find Jamshid's presentation at the ALA/CLA joint conference 2003 at
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/ALA/ala-claOPAC.htm

You can also find other presentations from the same conference session on
OPAC interface design on this page. 

Holly Yu
Library Web Administrator / Reference Librarian
University Library
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Dr. 
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Tel: (323) 343-4993
Fax: (323) 343-5600
Email: hyu3 at calstatela.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Shochet [mailto:mshochet at ubalt.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:22 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: opacs for children


A few years ago at an American Libraries Association/Canadian Libraries
Association joint conference I saw a prof. Jamshid Beheshti of McGill
University talk about work he was doing on designing interfaces for
children.  His worked focused on the design of "portal" for children, but I
would think his research would be applicable to OPAC design as well.

He has a vitae, which includes citations of articles he has authored on
designing web interfaces for children, available online:
http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/Beheshti_CV.htm

Michael Shochet
Systems/Reference Librarian
Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore
http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/
mshochet at ubalt.edu
410-837-4277



-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Janine Bendel
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:28 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] opacs for children


Dear Ms. and Mr., 

I´m studying library science in berlin (germany) and at the moment I´m
writing my master thesis with the topic "opac´s for children". My aim is an
international comparison and as a basement I chose the "Best-
Practice-Recherche" (Bertelsmann) with the following countries: USA,
England, Denmark, Finland and Singapore. Till now I found predominant eldery
literature about these topic (f.e. "Bücherschatz" in Hamburg; formerly
studies: P. Solomon, V. Walter), not so much in the bibliographies (LISA,
LiLi) but also some interesting new projects in the internet (f.e. in
Maryland and Denmark). I´ve also talked with many librarians and next I´ll
contact some software companies. Can anybody give me some more advices or do
you know persons to talk to for me?

Thank you!


Yours sincerely

Janine Bendel


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