Perceptions of usability and usefulness of digital libraries.
This paper provides an overview of a case study research that investigated the use of Digital Library (DL) resources in two undergraduate classes and explored faculty and students' perceptions of educational digital libraries. This study found that students and faculty use academic DLs primarily for...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities Vol. 6; no. 1/2; pp. 133 - 148 |
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Edinburgh University Press
Mar2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=71714718&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 71714718 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17538548 2QD7 jtl: International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities issn: 17538548 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2012 vid: 6 iid: 1/2 pid: 2327 pub: Edinburgh University Press artinfo: ui: 71714718 10.3366/ijhac.2012.0044 ppf: 133 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 346KB tig: atl: Perceptions of usability and usefulness of digital libraries. aug: au: Matusiak, Krystyna K. su: Digital libraries Attitudes of library users Website usability Library user satisfaction Academic libraries sug: subj: Digital libraries Attitudes of library users Website usability Library user satisfaction Academic libraries keyword: Perceptions Usability Use of Digital Resources Usefulness ab: This paper provides an overview of a case study research that investigated the use of Digital Library (DL) resources in two undergraduate classes and explored faculty and students' perceptions of educational digital libraries. This study found that students and faculty use academic DLs primarily for textual resources, but turn to the open Web for visual and multimedia resources. The study participants did not perceive academic libraries as a useful source of digital images and used search engines when searching for visual resources. The limited use of digital library resources for teaching and learning is associated with perceptions of usefulness and ease of use, especially if considered in a broader information landscape, in conjunction with other library information systems, and in the context of Web resources. The limited use of digital libraries is related to the following perceptions: 1) Library systems are not viewed as user-friendly, which in turn discourages potential users from trying DLs provided by academic libraries; 2) Academic libraries are perceived as places of primarily textual resources; perceptions of usefulness, especially in regard to relevance of content, coverage, and currency, seem to have a negative effect on user intention to use DLs, especially when searching for visual materials. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Case Study src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities is the property of Edinburgh University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities holder: Edinburgh University Press dt: @attributes: year: 2012 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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