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Heuristics evaluation is frequently employed to evaluate usability. While general heuristics
are suitable to evaluate most user interfaces, there is still a need to establish heuristics for …

This article examines how information service providers, particularly libraries, may assist
effectively in meeting the information needs of immigrants. In order to understand …

This paper reports the results of a study that investigated Arabic-speaking children's
interaction with the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) to find Arabic books on four …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usability of a web‐based OPAC
(WebPAC) user interface at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). It also looks …

Informational world cities are based on knowledge; and the traditional institutions of
knowledge organization, storage and dissemination are libraries. Knowledge institutions …

Digital library evaluation has become increasingly important in information science, yet there
has been minimal evaluative work focusing on digital cultural heritage. We report on a …

Disciplines that deal with the selection, dissemination, and translating of information have
had to adapt to changes that have come with the adoption of new technology. On the one …

Digital libraries are increasingly serving a worldwide audience. Persons of different cultural
backgrounds can hold diverse perceptions of what constitutes an effective, efficient and …

Während die Bedeutung von mehrsprachigem Zugang zu Informationssystemen
unumstritten ist, bleibt es unklar, ob und in welchem Umfang Systemfunktionalitäten und …