DocumentCode
1814494
Title
A usability evaluation study of a digital library self-archiving service
Author
Silva, L.V. ; Laender, A.H.F. ; Goncalves, M.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Fed. de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
fYear
2005
fDate
7-11 June 2005
Firstpage
176
Lastpage
177
Abstract
We describe an evaluation study of a self-archiving service for the Brazilian Digital Library of Computing (BDBComp). We conducted an extensive usability experiment with several potential users, including graduate students, professors, and archivists/librarians. The results of the study are described and analyzed, following sound statistical principles
Keywords
computer science; digital libraries; information retrieval systems; user interfaces; Brazilian Digital Library of Computing; archivists; graduate students; librarians; professors; self-archiving service; usability evaluation; Abstracts; Books; Computer science; Information science; Information systems; Quality control; Software libraries; US Government; Usability; User interfaces; digital libraries; usability study;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Digital Libraries, 2005. JCDL '05. Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN
1-58113-876-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1145/1065385.1065428
Filename
4118538
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