THE UHLE COLLECTIONS @ BERKELEY

THE UHLE COLLECTIONS @ BERKELEY

Presented by Shelby, Kelly, Cecilia

May 5th, 2005 SIMS 213

Motivation & Project GoalMotivation & Project GoalMotivation & Project GoalMotivation & Project Goal

Motivation of the ProjectMotivation of the Project

• Uhle Collections at The Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley

• Allow researchers to view items in the collection without accessing the physical objects.

Motivation & Project GoalMotivation & Project GoalMotivation & Project GoalMotivation & Project Goal

Goals of the ProjectGoals of the Project

• To create a research tool which represents the relationship between artifacts and their metadata in a way that is useful to archaeologists.

• To provide a front-end to a digital collection.

Heuristic EvaluationHeuristic EvaluationHeuristic EvaluationHeuristic Evaluation

Total Entries by PhotoCat: 32Total Entries by PhotoCat: 32

• Opening up the new window

• Help Link

• The expanding lists of metadata items

• Map browser

Pilot StudyPilot StudyPilot StudyPilot Study

GoalGoal

To see if our system supports:

• different levels of archaeology knowledge

• different levels of computer experience

Pilot StudyPilot StudyPilot StudyPilot Study

Test subjectsTest subjects• Male Professor of Architecture w/ interest in ancient

civilization

• Female undergraduate student in Anthropology

• Male PhD student in Anthropology

TasksTasks• Find jars with sooting on them

• Find how many artifacts there are in Chincha, Site E, Grave 13

• Print a list of ceramic vessels w/o the thumbnail view

Pilot StudyPilot StudyPilot StudyPilot Study

Test MeasuresTest Measures• Time

• Navigation Errors

• Preference of Search

ResultsResults

• Users were exploratory

• Rarely made errors

• Check box navigation

Pilot StudyPilot StudyPilot StudyPilot Study

Qualitative vs. QuantitativeQualitative vs. Quantitative

• Opening checkboxes causes too much scrolling

• Preference of Map location

• Help icon

Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality

p1:

p2:

current prototype:

Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality

p1 and p2 : current prototype:

Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality

p1: p2:

Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality Dream to Reality

p1

p2

Demo Demo Demo Demo

Lessons Learned Lessons Learned Lessons Learned Lessons Learned

• Time not a good measure for success of browsing interface

• Tasks may be too shallow

• Need a working database

Next Iteration Next Iteration Next Iteration Next Iteration

• Graphic design

• Map interface

• Connecting to database

Future WorkFuture WorkFuture WorkFuture Work

• Map testing

• Checkbox testing

• Data massaging

• Linking to other Uhle-related materials

Questions?Questions?Questions?Questions?

Any Questions?

Any Comments?

Any Thoughts?

Thanks…Thanks…Thanks…Thanks…