Homebrew databases: Complexities of everyday information management in nonprofit organizations

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 915-924

  Voida, Amy ^a   Harmon, Ellie ^a   Ban, Al Ani ^a  

^a Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Homebrew databases; Information management; Nonprofit; NPO; Volunteer coordination; Volunteer management

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

'CURRENT; DIGITAL INFORMATION; HOMEBREW DATABASE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MANAGE INFORMATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; NONPROFIT; NPO; VOLUNTEER COORDINATION; VOLUNTEERS MANAGEMENTS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79958093244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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