Identification of factors associated with blind users' help‐seeking situations in interacting with digital libraries

I Xie, R Babu, MD Castillo, H Han - Journal of the Association …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A sight‐centered digital library (DL) design with complex structures and multimedia formats
poses significant challenges for blind users. This study is the first attempt to investigate the …

Haze in the digital library: design issues hampering accessibility for blind users

R Babu, I Xie - The Electronic Library, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore design issues hampering the accessibility of
digital libraries (DLs) for first-time blind users. Design/methodology/approach A combination …

Using digital libraries non-visually: understanding the help-seeking situations of blind users.

I Xie, R Babu, S Joo, P Fuller - Information Research: An International …, 2015 - ERIC
Introduction: This study explores blind users' unique help-seeking situations in interacting
with digital libraries. In particular, help-seeking situations were investigated at both the …

[PDF][PDF] Enhancing Learning Management Systems Utility for Blind Students: A Task-oriented, User-Centered, Multi-Method Evaluation Technique.

R Babu, R Singh - J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Res., 2013 - jite.org
This paper presents a novel task-oriented, user-centered, multi-method evaluation (TUME)
technique and shows how it is useful in providing a more complete, practical and solution …

Understanding challenges in non-visual interaction with travel sites: An exploratory field study with blind users

R Babu - First Monday, 2013 - firstmonday.org
Millions of blind people cannot use travel sites effectively due to the significant access and
usability barriers. Literature recognizes that travel sites lack accessibility and usability, but …

[PDF][PDF] Accessibility and usability of social media: convergence between blind users and design standards

R Babu, R Singh - 2013 - Citeseer
About 300 million people with vision impairments face significant access and usability
barriers in interacting with social networking sites (SNS) to communicate, collaborate and …

Developing digital library design guidelines to support blind users

I Xie, R Babu, MD Castillo, TH Lee, S Youi - Proceedings of the 20th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
This study investigates the types of help-seeking situations affecting 32 blind users in
interacting with five digital libraries (DLs). Multiple methods were applied to collect data: pre …

Blind users searching digital libraries: Types of Help-seeking Situations at the Cognitive Level

I Xie, R Babu, W Jeong, S Joo… - iConference 2014 …, 2014 - ideals.illinois.edu
Universal access is the objective of digital library development. However, it is a challenge for
blind users to search information effectively in digital libraries because of their dynamic …

Blind students' challenges in social media communication: an early investigation of Facebook usability for informal learning

R Babu - International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course …, 2015 - igi-global.com
Abstract Social Networking Sites (SNS) are increasingly used in academia to facilitate
informal learning, knowledge co-creation, and collaborative problem-solving. Deriving these …

Moblogging Type and Its Relation with Usability and Development of Knowledge Management Skills for Blind Students.

AF Mostafa - Journal of Educational Technology, 2015 - ERIC
The aim of the research is to explore the relation of mobile Blogging (Moblogging-MB) on
the usability and development of Knowledge Management skills for Blind Students. The …