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A modular approach to promote creativity and inspiration in search

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22/06/2015
Author
Thudt, Alice
Hinrichs, Uta
Carpendale, Sheelagh
Keywords
Book Search
Creativity
Search Interface
Qualitative study
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
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Abstract
Today, searching through collections of books or written texts is often performed using digital search engines. There, the efficient yet limiting query paradigm is still the most dominant entry point. Previous work has characterized search processes in various contexts and describes search as integral and closely related to creative endeavours. We revisit this work from a design perspective, proposing guidelines for versatile search interfaces that are based on a modular approach to search. Inspired by aspects of search in physical environments, our recommendations address learning, creativity, inspiration, and pleasure as important and positive factors of (book) search. Based on in-depth interviews with library patrons about search practises in physical and digital environments and drawing from previous work on search behaviour, we discuss search patterns as modular constructs consisting of micro-strategies. We illustrate how the structure of these patterns, much like creative processes, is highly flexible and fluidly evolves based on learning and ideation during search, particularly in physical search environments. This modular approach to search provides a concrete yet flexible basis to design interfaces that facilitate versatile and creative approaches to search in digital environments.
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Thudt , A , Hinrichs , U & Carpendale , S 2015 , A modular approach to promote creativity and inspiration in search . in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition . ACM , New York , pp. 245-254 , ACM Creativity and Cognition 2015 , Glasgow , United Kingdom , 22/06/15 . https://doi.org/10.1145/2757226.2757253
 
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Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition
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https://doi.org/10.1145/2757226.2757253
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Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than the author(s) must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from Permissions@acm.org. C&C ’15, June 22 - 25, 2015, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2757226.2757253
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We thank our funding agencies—NSERC, SurfNet, AITF, Grand, Smart Technologies—that made this research possible.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7084

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