If digital libraries are to be used effectively, their user interfaces should be tested and
enhanced. We observed 48 participants as they worked with the following digital libraries …

Purpose–The main objective of this paper is to review work on the usability and impact of
digital libraries. Design/methodology/approach–Work on the usability and impact of digital …

A preliminary study was conducted to help understand the purpose of digital libraries (DLs)
and to investigate whether meaningful results could be obtained from small user studies of …

Millions of dollars have been invested into the development of digital libraries. There are
many unanswered questions regarding their evaluation, in particular, from users' …

Purpose–The purpose of this study is to determine user suggestions for digital libraries'
functionality and features. Design/methodology/approach–A survey was conducted as part …

Purpose–This study aims to investigate the effects of different search and browse features in
digital libraries (DLs) on task interactions, and what features would lead to poor user …

Digital libraries must reach out to users from all walks of life, serving information needs at all
levels. To do this, they must attain high standards of usability over an extremely broad …

Digital library research has developed over the past decade, but little has been done on the
identification of evaluation criteria, especially from users' perspectives. This article identifies …

This paper attempted to develop and validate an instrument that measures users' views
about the usability of digital libraries. Users' views toward the usability of digital libraries may …

The main research goal of this dissertation is to develop a model and a suite of instruments
to evaluate the usability of academic digital libraries. Usability in this study was examined …