The flight plan of a digital initiatives project, part 2: Usability testing in the context of user-centered design

OCLC Systems and Services

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 324-345

  Long, Holley ^a   Lage, Kathryn ^a   Cronin, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartography; Digital libraries; User interfaces; User studies

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIGITAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO; USABILITY REQUIREMENTS; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER STUDY;

MAPPING; MAPS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; RESEARCH; USER INTERFACES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 31044448697     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650750510631703     Document Type: Article

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