The International Children's Digital Library: A case study in designing for a multilingual, multicultural, multigenerational audience

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-12

  Hutchinson, Hilary Browne ^a,b   Rose, Anne ^a,b   Bederson, Benjamin B ^a,b   Weeks, Ann Carlson ^b   Druin, Allison ^b  

^a Institute for Advanced Computer Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 24644499537     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v24i1.3358     Document Type: Review

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