User Studies for Digital Library Development

Milena Dobreva

ISBN 10: 1856047652 / ISBN 13: 9781856047654

Published by Facet Publishing - IPSUK Jun 2012, 2012

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Neuware - This landmark text captures a global cross-section of leading voices and provides a clear and coherent overview of the user studies domain and user issues in digital libraries.As the information environment becomes increasingly electronic, digital libraries have proliferated, but the focus has often been on innovations in technology and not the user. Although user needs have become a popular concept, in practice the users are rarely consulted in the development of services. Research and analysis of users is essential to fine-tune the content and approach of digital libraries to the diverging requirements and expectations of incredibly varied communities and to ensure libraries are effective, accessible and sustainable in the long term. Key topics include:what is the place of user studies in digital libraries and what are the basic user study methods explaining user-centric studies, information behaviour and user experience studies exploring user-study methods such as surveys, questionnaires, expert evaluation methods, eye tracking, deep log analysis, personae and ethnographic studies critical issues around user studies such as evaluation of digital libraries, digital preservation, social media, the shift to mobile devices and ethics user studies in specific types of institutions: libraries, archives, museums, audiovisual collections and art collections the most popular questions and what to do next. Readership: Information professionals involved in supporting, developing or designing digital library services, researchers wanting to address the user dimension in their work and students on LIS and computer science courses who want to understand the importance of the user in information services.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: User Studies for Digital Library Development
• Publisher: Facet Publishing - IPSUK Jun 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856047652
• ISBN 13: 9781856047654
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 154H x 35D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 459 grams

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Synopsis

This landmark text captures a global cross-section of leading voices and provides a clear and coherent overview of the user studies domain and user issues in digital libraries.

As the information environment becomes increasingly electronic, digital libraries have proliferated, but the focus has often been on innovations in technology and not the user. Although user needs have become a popular concept, in practice the users are rarely consulted in the development of services. Research and analysis of users is essential to fine-tune the content and approach of digital libraries to the diverging requirements and expectations of incredibly varied communities and to ensure libraries are effective, accessible and sustainable in the long term.

Key topics include:

what is the place of user studies in digital libraries and what are the basic user study methods?

explaining user-centric studies, information behaviour and user experience studies

exploring user-study methods such as surveys, questionnaires, expert evaluation methods, eye tracking, deep log analysis, personae and ethnographic studies

critical issues around user studies such as evaluation of digital libraries, digital preservation, social media, the shift to mobile devices and ethics

user studies in specific types of institutions: libraries, archives, museums, audiovisual collections and art collections

the most popular questions and what to do next.

Readership

: Information professionals involved in supporting, developing or designing digital library services, researchers wanting to address the user dimension in their work and students on LIS and computer science courses who want to understand the importance of the user in information services.

About the Author

Milena Dobreva, Andy O'Dwyer, Pierluigi Feliciati