Cross-cultural usability of the library metaphor

Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 223-230

  Duncker, Elke ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computing metaphor; Cross cultural usability; Digital library; Globalization; Indigenous culture; Localization

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SEARCHING; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CROSS CULTURAL USABILITY; INDIGENOUS CULTURE; LIBRARY METAPHOR; MAORI CULTURE;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 0036995394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/544220.544269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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