Title :
Usability of digital libraries: an evaluation model
Author_Institution :
Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This research proposes methods and instruments for assessing usability of academic digital libraries. Criteria in this study are effectiveness, efficiency, satisfaction, and learnability. It is found that there exist interlocking relationships among effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction.
Keywords :
academic libraries; digital libraries; information retrieval; academic digital library learnability; academic digital library usability; information retrieval efficiency; Context modeling; Educational institutions; ISO standards; Information retrieval; Instruments; Labeling; Multidimensional systems; Software libraries; Usability; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Libraries, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 Joint ACM/IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-832-6
DOI :
10.1109/JCDL.2004.1336211
