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1 online resource. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface / Tom Wilson -- Introduction: user studies for digital library development / Milena Dobreva, Andy O'Dwyer and Pierluigi Feliciati. -- Part 1: Setting the scene. Models that inform digital library design / Elaine G. Toms ; User-centric studies / Sudatta Chowdhury ; Design issues and user needs / Petar Mihaylov ; Users within the evaluation of digital libraries / Giannis Tsakonas. -- Part 2: Methods explained and illustrated. Questionnaires, interviews and focus groups as means for user engagement with evaluation of digital libraries / Jillian R. Griffiths ; Expert evaluation methods / Claus-Peter Klas ; Evidence of user behaviour: deep log analysis / David Nicholas and David Clark ; An eye-tracking approach to the evaluation of digital libraries / Panos Balatsoukas ; Personas / Katja Guldbak Rasmussen and Gitte Petersen. -- Part 3: User studies in the digital library universe: what else needs to be considered? User-related issues in multilingual access to multimedia collections / Paul Clough ; Children and digital libraries / Ian Ruthven, Monica Landoni and Andreas Lingnau ; User engagement and social media / Jeffery K. Guin ; Significant others: user studies and digital preservation / Kathleen Menzies and Duncan Birrell ; The shift to mobile devices / Lina Petrakieva ; Resource discovery for research and course design / Zsuzsanna Varga ; Support for users within an educational or e-learning context / Nicola Osborne. -- Part 4: User studies across the cultural heritage sector. User studies in libraries / Derek Law ; User studies in archives / Wendy M. Duff ; User studies in museums: holding the museum in the palm of your hand / Susan Hazan ; Digital art online: perspectives on user needs, access, documentation and retrieval / Leo Konstantelos ; User studies for digital libraries' development: audiovisual collections / Andy O'Dwyer ; A business-model perspective on end-users and open metadata / Harry Verwayen and Martijn Arnoldus. -- Part 5: Putting it all together. And now - to the brave real world / Milena Dobreva, Andy O'Dwyer and Pierluigi Feliciati. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Libraries, Digital.
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Library Collection Development.
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Library Surveys.
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Digital libraries -- Use studies.
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Digital libraries -- Collection development.
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| Added Author |
Dobreva, Milena.
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O'Dwyer, Andy.
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Feliciati, Pierluigi.
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Ebooks Corporation
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| Related To |
Original 9781856047654 1856047652 |
| ISBN |
1856049264 (electronic bk.) |
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9781856049269 (electronic bk.) |
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9781856047654 (pbk.) |
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1856047652 (pbk.) |
| OCLC # |
EBC1167455 |
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