Keeping Found Things Found On the Web: How Do Users Get Back to Relevant Web Pages?

该项目的目标是了解和改进人们管理信息的方式，以便重新访问和重新使用。该项目侧重于万维网上的信息，包括三个阶段。在第一阶段，评估当前的情况，以确定在管理Web信息以供重用方面问题的性质和严重性，并确定支持工具的有效性。参与者首先在他们的工作场所被观察到，因为他们使用网络来研究与工作相关的主题。在接下来的会议中，与会者试图返回到他们以前访问过的网站集合中的每个网站，并发现有用。特别注意工具的选择，它们的成功或失败，以及到达现场所需的总时间。在第2阶段，使用第1阶段的数据对当前和潜在的重用和支持工具的实践进行建模。在第3阶段，在第2阶段建模的指导下，对选定数量的工具和重用实践进行原型化和评估。该项目的成果将是改进工具和做法，以帮助管理供个人使用和重复使用的网络信息。该项目还将提供一个框架，用于评估现有和潜在的各种工具和做法。可能的应用程序超出了Web，扩展到其他信息类型，包括电子邮件，个人计算机中的文件，甚至个人办公室中的打印文件。研究结果将通过学术出版物和因特网传播。

The goal of this project is to understand and improve upon the ways in which people manage information for re-access and re-use. The project focuses on information found on the Word Wide Web and consists of three phases. In Phase 1, the current situation is assessed to determine the nature and severity of problems in managing Web information for re-use and to determine the effectiveness of supporting tools. Participants are first observed in their workplaces as they use the Web to research a work-relevant topic. In a follow-on session, participants try to return to each in a collection of web sites they have previously visited and found useful. Special attention is given to the choice of tools, their success or failure and to the overall time required to reach a site. In Phase 2, practices of re-use and supporting tools, current and potential, are modeled using Phase 1 data. In Phase 3, a select number of tools and practices of re-use are prototyped and evaluated as guided by the modeling of Phase 2. Results of this project will be improved tools and practices to help manage Web information for personal use and re-use. The project will also provide a framework for the assessment of various tools and practices, current and potential. Possible applications extend beyond the Web to other information types including email, the files of a personal computer and even the printed documents in an individual's office. The results will be disseminated through scholarly publications and through the Internet.