A user-centric evaluation of the Europeana digital library

Dobreva, M; Chowdhury, S

A user-centric evaluation of the Europeana digital library

Dobreva, M Chowdhury, S

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Citation:: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2010, 6102 LNCS pp. 148 - 157
Issue Date:: 2010-08-16

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dc.contributor.author	Dobreva, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chowdhury, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-08-16	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2010, 6102 LNCS pp. 148 - 157	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	3642136532	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9783642136535	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0302-9743	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16311
dc.description.abstract	Usability of digital libraries is an essential factor for the user attraction. Europeana, a digital library which is built around the idea to provide a single access point to the European cultural heritage, is paying special attention to the user needs and behaviour. This paper presents user-related outcomes addressing the dynamics of user perception from a study which involved focus groups and media labs in four European countries. While Europeana was positively perceived by all groups in the beginning of the study, some groups were more critical after performing a task which involved eight types of searches. The study gathered opinions on the difficulties encountered which help to understand better users' expectations within the content and functionality domains of digital libraries which would be of possible interest to all stakeholders in digital library projects. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.	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	10.1007/978-3-642-13654-2_19	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	en_US
dc.title	A user-centric evaluation of the Europeana digital library	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	6102 LNCS	en_US
utslib.for	0807 Library and Information Studies	en_US
dc.location.activity	Gold Coast, Australia	en_US
dc.location.activity	ISI:000169521300004
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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/Creative Practices Group
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	6102 LNCS	en_US

Abstract:

Usability of digital libraries is an essential factor for the user attraction. Europeana, a digital library which is built around the idea to provide a single access point to the European cultural heritage, is paying special attention to the user needs and behaviour. This paper presents user-related outcomes addressing the dynamics of user perception from a study which involved focus groups and media labs in four European countries. While Europeana was positively perceived by all groups in the beginning of the study, some groups were more critical after performing a task which involved eight types of searches. The study gathered opinions on the difficulties encountered which help to understand better users' expectations within the content and functionality domains of digital libraries which would be of possible interest to all stakeholders in digital library projects. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.

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