Redesigning the open-access institutional repository: A user experience approach

Luca, E; Narayan, B

Redesigning the open-access institutional repository: A user experience approach

Luca, E

Narayan, B

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2016, 10075 LNCS pp. 275 - 281
Issue Date:: 2016-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Luca, E https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-2463	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Narayan, B https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-5589	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:26:48Z
dc.date.issued	2016-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2016, 10075 LNCS pp. 275 - 281	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9783319493039	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0302-9743	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/56772
dc.description.abstract	© Springer International Publishing AG 2016. This paper details how a university library evaluated its institutional repository using a user experience design (UXD) methodology and redesigned it based on the findings. The online repository, running on DSpace, was not being utilized as expected by academics and researchers, so a detailed user evaluation and usability study was undertaken to find out the reasons why. Findings showed lack of usability and a mismatch between user expectations and system architecture. Hence, significant improvements were made to the user interface, and in communicating the status of items held in the repository (open or closed access). The authors assess the impact of these changes and argue that better usability results in greater visibility of the open-access repository, and hence, greater visibility for the university’s researchers. Other challenges regarding the adoption of open access by academics and researchers at the university are also discussed.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_33	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	en_US
dc.title	Redesigning the open-access institutional repository: A user experience approach	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	10075 LNCS	en_US
utslib.for	080703 Human Information Behaviour	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Teaching and Learning)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	10075 LNCS	en_US

Abstract:

© Springer International Publishing AG 2016. This paper details how a university library evaluated its institutional repository using a user experience design (UXD) methodology and redesigned it based on the findings. The online repository, running on DSpace, was not being utilized as expected by academics and researchers, so a detailed user evaluation and usability study was undertaken to find out the reasons why. Findings showed lack of usability and a mismatch between user expectations and system architecture. Hence, significant improvements were made to the user interface, and in communicating the status of items held in the repository (open or closed access). The authors assess the impact of these changes and argue that better usability results in greater visibility of the open-access repository, and hence, greater visibility for the university’s researchers. Other challenges regarding the adoption of open access by academics and researchers at the university are also discussed.

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