Views on existing paths Sample Clauses

Views on existing paths. Responses to these questions were somewhat limited and less fully-elaborated than other Sections of the interview. This may represent their position at the end of the interview, or that the questions were not as easily answered when discussing the use of paths at such a conceptual level, before we have a system to demonstrate the exact meaning. A summary of the most interesting observations is given in Table 9: Table 9 Interview responses: Views on existing paths Theme Comments Likes  Being able to get to get to the content very quickly - not too many clicks  Good to have references to outside sources, even with own collection management system – but they need to appropriate  Being able to drill down through layers of content on the same object or subject – these could both be paths  Going from narrow to broad levels of infomation  The aesthetics of the interface are important in attracting use and exploration  Visual layout and hi-resolution images  Making links and associations between things, and adding anecdotes, for own future reference  Ability to develop a (multi-faceted) story  Interesting (for curators) to see what is popular with public and professional users, also how they describe objects  A sense of going a journey – things happen along the way, a need/desire to interact  Can be a good way of getting a quick overview of a topic Dislikes  Poorly assigned keywords that make search results meaningless or non-existent  Domain-specific terminology can inhibit the use of paths, and collections in general  Non-standard data can inhibit interaction with collections  Complex record structures can also inhibit access and use  Obvious elements of we‟re doing this because everyone else is doing it Theme Comments Use of paths  Items about a specific person, e.g. an author  Guided tours, in situ, via interactive screen  Interaction with news content – an opportunity  Several organisations working collaboratively – e.g. in a tourism project  Using paths as a marketing tool  Should be used by everyone with the museum / gallery staff who have any interaction with the public  Would be good to get children interacting with collections in this way, even very young ones  Providing multiple types of content (media) e.g. images with supporting audio  Using paths to organise events – linking together all of the relevant information  Would be very useful to have a map tool – a way of seeing nearness of records  Use paths as a means of organi...