User Studies for Digital Library Development
- 302 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
User Studies for Digital Library Development
About this book
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.
Frequently asked questions
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Information
Table of contents
- Title page
- Contents
- CHAPTER 1 Introduction: user studies for digital library development
- PART 1 Setting the scene
- PART 2 Methods explained and illustrated
- PART 3 User studies in the digital library universe: what else needs to be considered?
- PART 4 User studies across the cultural heritage sector
- PART 5 Putting it all together
- Index