NDLI: Finding Problems: When Digital Library Users Act as Usability Evaluators

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Khoo, M. Kusunoki, D. MacDonald, C.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Users in digital library usability evaluation typically participate as subjects in studies designed and conducted by usability experts and digital library researchers. What happens however when users take the role of the researchers, and with some basic HCI training, design and conduct their own evaluation of a digital library? For several years, teams of students in master's level HCI classes at Drexel University were given the assignment of designing and carrying out heuristic evaluations of the interface of the Internet Public Library. Their final evaluation reports regularly focused on what, to a usability expert, would not be considered interface issues, such as problems with finding resources in the library. These outcomes contrasted with those of a parallel evaluation of the IPL carried out by doctoral students with a background in HCI, which found interface issues to be the main concerns. A post hoc comparison and analysis of these evaluations highlights differences between users' and evaluators' perceptions of usability, and has implications for the design of digital library evaluation and the roles of users and evaluators in such evaluation.
Starting Page	1615
Ending Page	1624
File Size	377199
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457719257
ISSN	15301605
e-ISBN	9780769545257
DOI	10.1109/HICSS.2012.279
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-01-04
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Usability Libraries Human computer interaction Medical services Testing Context Training usefulness digital libraries evaluation hci heuristic evaluation translation usability
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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