Supporting Gender-Neutral Digital Library Creation: A Case Study Using the GenderMag Toolkit
Supporting Gender-Neutral Digital Library Creation: A Case Study Using the GenderMag Toolkit
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支持性别中立数字图书馆创建：使用 GenderMag 工具包的案例研究
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_6
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2016
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D. Nichols
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作者：
S. Cunningham;A. Hinze;D. Nichols
软件的创造者和维护者认为软件是不分性别的：也就是说，它同样适合任何用户使用，而不分性别。我们调查这一假设在数字图书馆的背景下，通过分析一个重要的数字图书馆建设和维护工具-绿石数字图书馆员界面（GLI）-使用GenderMag工具包。GenderMag提供的人物角色使用软件的方法涵盖了性别刻板印象的行为和动机。人物角色被用来作为基础的认知步行的调查中的系统，发现潜在的性别偏见，在系统功能和界面设计。我们在GLI中发现了显著的这种偏差。
Software is assumed by its creators and maintainers to be gender-neutral: that is, that it is equally well suited for use by any user, regardless of gender. We investigate this assumption in the digital libraries context through analysis of a significant digital library construction and maintenance tool—the Greenstone Digital Librarian Interface (GLI)—using the GenderMag toolkit. GenderMag provides personas whose approaches to software use fall across the spectrum of gender-stereotypic actions and motivations. The personas are used as the basis for cognitive walkthroughs of the system under investigation, to uncover potential gender biases in system functionality and interface design. We uncover significant such biases in GLI.