Digital natives and specialised digital libraries: A study of Europeana users

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 96 CCIS, Issue , 2010, Pages 45-60

  Dobreva, Milena ^a   McCulloch, Emma ^a   Birrell, Duncan ^a   Ünal, Yurdagül ^b   Feliciati, Pierluigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Europeana; user characteristics; user groups; user study methodology

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; BULGARIA; CULTURAL HERITAGES; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL NATIVES; EUROPEANA; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GENERAL-PURPOSE SEARCH ENGINES; KNOW-HOW; MEDIA LABS; NETHERLANDS; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES; USER ACTION; USER CHARACTERISTICS; USER COMMUNITIES; USER GROUPS; USER NEED; USER STUDY; YOUNG USER;

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SEARCH ENGINES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 78049361984     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16032-5_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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