Children's interaction with cross-cultural and multilingual digital libraries II: information seeking, success, and affective experience

Authors:
Dania Bilal;Imad Bachir
Affiliations:
School of Information Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN;Faculty of Communication and Information Management, The Lebanese University Beirut, Lebanon
Venue:
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Year:
2007

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Abstract

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 tasks. Children's information seeking activities was captured by using HyperCam software. Children's success was assessed based on a measure the researchers developed. Children's perceptions of and affective experience in using the ICDL was gathered through group interviews. Findings revealed that children's information seeking behavior was characterized by browsing using a single function; that is, looking under "Arabic" from the Simple interface pull-down menu. Children were more successful on the fully self-generated, open-ended task than on the assigned and semi-assigned tasks. Children made suggestions for improving the Arabic collection and the design of the ICDL. The findings have implications for practitioners, researchers, and system designers.