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      Re-designing Greenstone for Seniors

      Bennett, Erin Kay
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      Bennett, E. K. (2008). Re-designing Greenstone for Seniors (Thesis, Master of Science (MSc)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2278
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      Abstract
      The golden generation have a wealth of experience and knowledge from throughout

      their lifetimes that younger generations wish to retain. In our technology filled world

      an obvious means of collecting this information is electronically. Digital library col-

      lections are increasingly used by libraries and large institutions to record their large

      amounts of information but they can also be used for personal collections.

      Seniors are often willing and keen to impart their years of experience upon people

      of the younger generation but time is not always on their side as they grow older.

      Throughout a lifetime a person could collect large amounts of papers, diaries, pho-

      tos and media but the time it takes to organise these documents can be long and

      exhausting and the person's health is not always at its best in old age.

      Greenstone is a suite of software for creating digital libraries, which are organised

      collections of documents. Greenstone has the ability to distribute collections either

      using a server or CD-ROM, and provides advanced searching and organization tools.

      While Greenstone is a versatile and useful tool in creating digital collections, its in-

      terface is not designed for senior users. Seniors are commonly perceived to have

      more physical and mental disadvantages as they get older. These disadvantages can

      dramatically affect how usable seniors find a piece of software.

      The aim of this thesis is to investigate how usable the current Greenstone interface

      is for use by seniors and to re-design the interface so that Greenstone may be more

      easily used by senior users. This thesis focuses upon what types of documents and

      descriptive data seniors would like to include in a collection about their life. This is

      to ascertain exactly what parts of the interface must be improved when it comes to

      metadata and classifiers. The results of this investigation also helped in the creation

      of a customised metadata set for senior users use.
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      2008
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      Thesis
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      Master of Science (MSc)
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      The University of Waikato
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