Developing and evaluating a reliable measure of user engagement

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 45, Issue , 2008, Pages

  O'Brien, Heather L ^a   Toms, Elaine G ^b   Kelloway, E Kevin ^c   Kelley, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 71949114179     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2008.1450450258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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