Multiple cultures, multiple intelligences applying cognitive theory to cross- cultural usability of digital libraries
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Multiple Cultures , Multiple Intelligences : Applying Cognitive Theory to Usability of Digital Libraries
In an increasingly wired world, digital libraries are increasingly serving a worldwide audience. Even if initially designed for a local user population, a digital library can easily fi nd itself not only serving its own community and culture, but also representing that society to a larger, international audience. As ”cultural ambassadors” to the world (Komlodi, Caidi & Wheeler 2004, 585), then,...
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