Designing for engagement: A user-centered approach to developing a historical digital collection

To advance interest in DH and promote user engagement, we recommend adopting a user-centered approach to the product development process. This poster will share some practical experiences from applying user-centered design and other UX methodologies in developing a historical digital collection of diaries from the Ottoman Empire.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-08-20
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22020772
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Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
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To advance interest in DH and promote user engagement, we recommend adopting a user-centered approach to the product development process. This poster will share some practical experiences from applying user-centered design and other UX methodologies in developing a historical digital collection of diaries from the Ottoman Empire.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
University of Washington (US), Illinois State University (US)
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