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Applying web usability techniques to assess student awareness of library web resources
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The authors adapted Web usability techniques to assess student awareness of their library's Web site and categorized approaches according to a student's preference for, and success with, the library's web resources.About:
This article is published in The Journal of Academic Librarianship.The article was published on 2004-07-01. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Web navigation & Web design.read more
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Usability Assessment of Academic Digital Libraries: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Satisfaction, and Learnability
TL;DR: It is found in the study that there exists an interlocking relationship among effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction and operational criteria for effectiveness, Efficiency, satisfaction, and learnability.
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What is usability in the context of the digital library and how can it be measured
TL;DR: An evaluation model and a suite of instruments for evaluating usability for academic digital libraries are proposed and it is found that there exists an interlocking relationship among effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction.
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User-Centered Design of a Web Site for Library and Information Science Students: Heuristic Evaluation and Usability Testing
TL;DR: Recommendations for design of Web-based services for library patrons from LIS programs are discussed, as well as implications for Web sites for special libraries within larger academic library settings.
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Information Structures and Undergraduate Students.
TL;DR: This paper explored how undergraduates seek information across various information structures, and pointed out several issues relating to the underlying structures of information resources, and made suggestions for structural improvements to facilitate undergraduates' information seeking.
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An exploration into the practices of library Web usability in ARL academic libraries
TL;DR: A survey of 113 academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) was administered to investigate whether Web usability policies-standards-guidelines (PSGs) are in place, the levels of difficulty surrounding implementation, the impact of PSGs on actual usability practice, e.g., testing, resources, etc., and the relationship between ARL ranking and usability practice or PSGs as mentioned in this paper.
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Educational research, an introduction
Walter R. Borg,Meredith D. Gall +1 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of research methods and techniques used in qualitative and quantitative education, and some of the approaches taken, found that qualitative research is more effective than quantitative research on a number of fronts.
The Internet Goes to College: How Students Are Living in the Future with Today's Technology.
TL;DR: Use of the Internet is a part of college students’ daily routine, in part because they have grown up with computers, and has become a technology as ordinary as the telephone or television.
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Disciplinary differences and undergraduates' information-seeking behavior
TL;DR: This study applied the Biglan model of disciplinary differences to the information-seeking behavior patterns of 5,175 undergraduates responding to questions on the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ).
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