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Evaluation of Digital Libraries: An insight into Useful Applications and Methods
Evaluation of Digital Libraries summarizes research and practice on both sides of the Atlantic and aims to answer the potential questions that both the theoretical and practical areas of digital library evaluation have posed during recent years. The book systematically presents aspects of participating communities, reasons and aims of evaluation, methodologies and metrics, and application paradigms.

The book deals with practical and theoretical issues on digital libraries development and evaluation
It will be multi-disciplinary due to its nature incorporating views and perspectives of various contributing fields
Distinguished digital library researchers and practitioners present systematically methods, techniques and practices. The list of contributors include Maristella Agosti, David Bainbridge, Ann Blandford, Colleen Cook, Nicola Ferro, Brinley Franklin, Manolis Garoufallou, Sarah Giersch, Richard Hartley, Judy Jeng, Michael Khoo, Martha Kyrillidou, Yvonna Lincoln, David McArthur, Maria Monopoli, David Nicholas, Christos Papatheodorou, Terry Plum, Tefko Saracevic, Rania Siatri, Yin Leng Theng, Giannis Tsakonas and Lee Zia

Evaluation of Digital Libraries An Insight Into Useful Applications and Methods 1st Table of contents:

 1 Introduction: the framework for digital library evaluation
Broader questions
From definitions to evaluation – differing perspectives
Diversity in the digital library universe
What does evaluation entail?
Metrics
Value of digital libraries
Purpose of evaluation
Bibliography
Part 1 To whom it may concern
2 From usage to user: library metrics and expectations for the evaluation of digital libraries
Introduction
Assessment and evaluation in the print library environment
Assessment and evaluation in the electronic library environment
How are the data being used?
What do library metrics and librarian expectations mean for the assessment of digital libraries?
Bibliography
3 An agency perspective on digital library evaluation
Introduction
The US context
The National Science Foundation
The National Science Digital Library
NSF reflections on evaluation in virtual organisations
Recommendations
Conclusion
Bibliography
Part 2 What to place under the evaluation lens
4 What should we take into consideration when we talk about usability?
Introduction
What is usability?
Framework of usability evaluation
Cross-cultural usability
Outlook and future research
References
5 Users and digital libraries: an insightful story
Introduction
The need for evaluation
A shift in paradigm
Information-seeking and usefulness
Research on the evaluation of digital libraries and other electronic information resources
Conclusion
Bibliography
6 Towards an infrastructure for digital library performance evaluation
Introduction
Conceptual framework for the evaluation of DLS information access components
User requirements analysis
Key contributions
Architecture of the DIRECT system
DIRECT: the running prototype
Conclusions and future work
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
7 Employing deep log analysis to evaluate the information-seeking behaviour of users of digital libr
Introduction
What is deep log analysis?
What are the benefits of deep log analysis?
What problems are associated with log analysis?
What does deep log analysis tell us about digital libraries?
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Part 3 Behind the evaluation curtain
8 The pushmepullyou of design and evaluation
Introduction
The user-led view: what do users need and what do they do?
Why? The purpose of a user study
Where? The location of a user study
When? Concurrent and retrospective data gathering
Who? Recruiting participants
How? Instructing participants
Data collection and analysis
Triangulating across data sources
From data to needs
The system-led view: technology innovation
Usable and useful? Evaluating digital libraries
Conclusions
Note
Bibliography
9 Extending borders: outcomes assessment in the era of digital libraries
Introduction
The challenge of defining outcomes assessment
Intervening factors in the generation of outcomes assessment
Reforming digital libraries: alternative views on outcomes assessment
Conclusions
Bibliography
10 Digital library service quality: what does it look like?
Introduction
Evaluating the NSF NSDL collections: categories and themes from MERLOT and DLESE
Developing survey items
Findings
Bibliography
Part 4 How to conduct an evaluation activity
11 Planning digital library evaluation with logic models
Introduction
Digital libraries are complex systems, and planning a digital library evaluation is a complex activi
Planning for summative and formative evaluation
Relationship to methods, buy-in and budget
Summary
Bibliography
12 Examining how end users use and perceive digital libraries: a qualitative approach
Introduction
Qualitative research – a rich definition
Qualitative research in the area of library and information science
User-based qualitative evaluation of digital libraries
Qualitative research methods
Selecting evaluation methods
Combining evaluation methods
Bibliography
13 Investigating users’ perceptions and acceptance of digital libraries: a quantitative approach
Introduction
Digital library evaluation and two studies
Discussion and conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index

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