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Names Access Project

Names Access Project. Names Access Project Suzanne Ginsburg. May 12, 1999. Names Access Project. Motivation Contribute to Holocaust Survivor community Develop system that people need Create “real world” project. May 12, 1999. Names Access Project.

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Names Access Project

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  1. Names Access Project • Names Access Project • Suzanne Ginsburg May 12, 1999

  2. Names Access Project • Motivation • Contribute to Holocaust Survivor community • Develop system that people need • Create “real world” project May 12, 1999

  3. Names Access Project • Holocaust Museum Internship • Became familiar with organizational structure • Gathered task analysis information • Interviewed Registry staff • Observed visitors search Survivors Registry • Collected relevant documents • Researched other search services • Listened and asked lots of questions... May 12, 1999

  4. Names Access Project • Problems • No central resource • Each resource organized differently • Spelling variations, errors, and multiple names May 12, 1999

  5. Names Access Project • Goals • Provide central point of access • Alleviate problems associated with spelling and name variations • Support alternative search strategies May 12, 1999

  6. Names Access Project • Target users • Survivors • Friends and relatives of survivors and victims • Survivors Registry staff • Genealogists • General public May 12, 1999

  7. Names Access Project • Proposed backend solutions • Inquiry • SQL Server, Cold Fusion, and Inquiry • SQL Server and Cold Fusion • Link back to original databases • SQL Server and Cold Fusion • Create master database, “UniList” ? May 12, 1999

  8. Names Access Project French Deportation Lists Survivors Registry Auschwitz Prisoner Records Lodz Ghetto Surname Maiden name Forename DOB POB Name Previous name Other name DOB POB First name Last name DOB POB First name Last name DOB POB Merged database May 12, 1999

  9. Names Access Project Places Family Names Person Source Dates Media May 12, 1999

  10. Names Access Project UI Iterative design process Design [ First interactive Second interactive Final interactive Task Analysis December March April May Testing [ Lo-fi Heuristic evaluation Pilot user study May 12, 1999

  11. Names Access Project • Key interface features • Search • Soundex • Thesaurus • Date range • Browse names by surname and birthplace • Cross-links • More records about this person • Family members’ records • Sample traces, search support, related resources May 12, 1999

  12. Names Access Project • Pilot user study • Goals • Participants • Procedure • Results May 12, 1999

  13. Names Access Project • Next steps • Annotation tools • Researcher tools and views • Online submissions and corrections May 12, 1999

  14. Names Access Project • Special thanks to.. • Bob Twitty and Michael Haley-Goldman • Professors Hearst, Besser, Cooper, Braunstein • Usability test participants • SIMS classmates May 12, 1999

  15. Names Access Project • “How rare that someone actually does something useful with the Web...” May 12, 1999

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