Exploring usefulness and usability in the evaluation of open access digital libraries

@article{citeulike:2235492, abstract = {Advances in the publishing world have emerged new models of digital library development. Open access publishing modes are expanding their presence and realize the digital library idea in various means. While user-centered evaluation of digital libraries has drawn considerable attention during the last years, these systems are currently viewed from the publishing, economic and scientometric perspectives. The present study explores the concepts of usefulness and usability in the evaluation of an e-print archive. The results demonstrate that several attributes of usefulness, such as the level and the relevance of information, and usability, such as easiness of use and learnability, as well as functionalities commonly met in these systems, affect user interaction and satisfaction.}, author = {Tsakonas, Giannis and Papatheodorou, Christos }, citeulike-article-id = {2235492}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2007.07.008}, journal = {Information Processing \& Management}, keywords = {2007, evaluation, open\_access, usability}, posted-at = {2008-01-15 16:37:03}, priority = {2}, title = {Exploring usefulness and usability in the evaluation of open access digital libraries}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2007.07.008}, volume = {In Press, Corrected Proof} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2235492 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2235492 TI - Exploring usefulness and usability in the evaluation of open access digital libraries JF - Information Processing & Management VL - In Press, Corrected Proof N2 - Advances in the publishing world have emerged new models of digital library development. Open access publishing modes are expanding their presence and realize the digital library idea in various means. While user-centered evaluation of digital libraries has drawn considerable attention during the last years, these systems are currently viewed from the publishing, economic and scientometric perspectives. The present study explores the concepts of usefulness and usability in the evaluation of an e-print archive. The results demonstrate that several attributes of usefulness, such as the level and the relevance of information, and usability, such as easiness of use and learnability, as well as functionalities commonly met in these systems, affect user interaction and satisfaction. KW - 2007 KW - evaluation KW - open_access KW - usability AU - Tsakonas, Giannis AU - Papatheodorou, Christos UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2007.07.008 ER -