What can we learn about hypermedia navigation from a book history study ?

Complete Reference:
Platteaux, H. (2002). What can we learn about hypermedia navigation from a book history study ? EARLI SIG2 Multimedia Comprehension Scientific Meeting. Poitiers, August 29-30, 29-30.

Key Words:
Book history, reading tools, hypertext, navigation

Abstract:
A literature study was done to reconstruct a history of book reading tools (indices, table of contents, title pages and page numbering) with the purpose of determining how the reading process was changed by the introduction and development of such tools in the codex. This shows the transformation of book structure and usage due to the reading tools. The three main results of this study give a better understanding of the process of navigating through hypermedia and the application of this process to educational purposes.

Complete Document:
http://nte.unifr.ch/IMG/pdf/earli_sig2_article_2002.pdf