Research on System Usability of Digital Libraries in China

Author

Yu, Yaohua ; Liu, Zhengjie

Author_Institution

Dalian Maritime Univ., Dalian

fYear

2008

fDate

23-25 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

98

Abstract

Digital libraries have not been fully used yet in China. This situation is related to digital library usability. Some research and analysis on system usability evaluation for digital libraries in China was conducted. This paper firstly introduced evaluation method and process. Then system usability evaluation criteria of digital library (DL) were proposed. Four different types of digital libraries were selected and evaluated. Some typical examples of usability issues about these digital libraries were analyzed. Finally the usability strengths and weaknesses of digital libraries in China were summarized and discussed.

Keywords

digital libraries; human computer interaction; China; digital library usability; heuristic evaluation; human-computer interaction; library users expectations; system usability evaluation; Application software; Electronic equipment testing; Guidelines; Inspection; Navigation; Personnel; Software libraries; System testing; Usability; User interfaces; Digital Libraries; System Usability; Usability Evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Design, Test and Applications, 2008. DELTA 2008. 4th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3110-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DELTA.2008.22

Filename

4459517