EINS-Web: User Interface Evaluation in Digital Libraries

The construction of new user interface paradigms, or metaphors, in the interaction of humans with huge collections of information is currently a hot topic in both HCI and Digital Libraries (DL). We describe the EINS-Web user interface, designed and evaluated in the frame of the BRIDGE and CIME projects, co-financed by the European Union and coordinated by the European Space Agency and the EINS consortium (European Information Network Services). The Library of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) in Bologna was selected as the test site for the evaluation of EINS-Web.