User Research & Technology
Published on 17. June 2011
205 pages
978-1-78052-165-7 (ISBN)
Description
This e-book examines changes in the quality of user research in Library and Information Science. The diversity of methods to study users is growing and a confidence about labeling and using methods is becoming manifest. The number of research questions that a single study answers is both diminishing and at the same time growing more diverse. Research about users, their behavior and their needs were often an add-on at the end of a project. In the last two years, this situation has changed. The topic of user experience is suddenly omnipresent at conferences and in current literature. Studies about the way we do research are an important part of Library and Information Science. The papers in this e-book cover these themes.
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
- Users and technology: are we doing research now?
- Providing online access to historic films at the Washington State University libraries
- How can educational technology facilitate student engagement with online primary sources?
- A study on metadata elements for web-based reference resources system developed through usability testing
- Usability testing of VuFind at an academic library
- Evaluating EBSCOhost Mobile
- Scaling of input forms by a simple pair comparison approach
- Podcasting initiatives in American research libraries
- Designing a viable scientific communication model: VSM approach
- Digital library deployment in a university
- Personal information and reference management
