Dale Storie
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Item Open Access A study of drag‐and‐drop query refinement and query history visualization for mobile exploratory search(Wiley, 2024-12-30) Mohammad Hasan Payandeh; Orland Hoeber; Miriam Boon; Dale Storie; Veronica RamshawWhen undertaking complex search scenarios, the underlying information need cannot be satisfied by finding a single optimal resource; instead, searchers need to engage in exploratory search processes to find multiple resources by itera- tively revising and reformulation their queries. This process of query refinement is particularly challenging when using a mobile device, where typing is difficult. Furthermore, in mobile search contexts interruptions can lead to searchers los- ing track of what they were doing. To address these challenges, we designed a public digital library search interface for mobile devices that includes two novel features: drag-and-drop query refinement and query history visualization. To assess the value of this interface compared to a typical baseline, we conducted a controlled laboratory study with 32 participants that included pursuing complex search scenarios, being interrupted in the midst of the search, and resuming the search after the interruption. While participants took more time, they generated longer queries and reported positive subjective opinions about the usability of the exploratory search and task resumption features, along with a greater increase in certainty. These findings show the value of leveraging new touch- based interaction mechanisms within mobile search contexts, and the benefits that visualization can bring to supporting search task resumptionItem Open Access Implementing Elastic App Search for Digital Collections(2021-10-22) Ramshaw, Veronica; Parvin Nishath, Sanjida; Storie, DaleThis presentation will describe our recent experimentation using the cloud-based version of Elastic App Search to accomplish two goals: 1) to build a simple search layer connecting our digital collection platforms and 2) to provide a more robust search option for our static sites (including full-text document search).Item Open Access Unpaywall(2019-04-26) Storie, DaleThis presentation gives an overview of Unpaywall, an open database of open access publicationsItem Open Access Community-Driven Digital Preservation with COPPUL(2019-05-03) Storie, Dale; Vajcner, Mark; James, HolobetzIn 2015, COPPUL decided to strategically focus on supporting digital preservation, by hiring a Digital Preservation Coordinator and establishing what is now known as the COPPUL Digital Stewardship Network (CDSN). The CDSN, which is overseen by a steering committee, is intended to help COPPUL member institutions preserve, manage, and provide access to unique digital collections through offering a suite of preservation services built on open and flexible technologies, building capacity among COPPUL members, and working together with other digital preservation groups across Canada and the world.Item Open Access Making Meaning of our Cultural Record: Digital Scholarship Now and in the Future(2019-11-27) Storie, DaleResearch and scholarship is changing. Information once confined to archives and libraries is now broadly available for computational analysis, while advances in information technology are transforming the ways in which knowledge is created and communicated. What skills and tools are needed to preserve, analyze, interpret and make meaning out of a cultural record that is largely digital?