There are two main kinds of approach to considering usability of any system: empirical and
analytical. Empirical techniques involve testing systems with users, whereas analytical …

The issue of usability has concerned the Digital Libraries community, at least peripherally,
over many years. There is, after all, little point in delivering sophisticated libraries with novel …

If digital libraries are to achieve their full potential, they need to be usable and used–by
people for whom information retrieval is not generally the main goal. In this paper, we outline …

This paper distinguishes evaluation procedures in a physical library from those in a digital
library, reviewing usability evaluation work within a taxonomy of system design …

Users in digital library usability evaluation typically participate as subjects in studies
designed and conducted by usability experts and digital library researchers. What happens …

" So far, evaluation has not kept pace with efforts in digital libraries (or with digital libraries
themselves), has not become part of their integral activity, and has not been even specified …

Purpose–Usability, functionality, and accessibility testing of digital library information
services and products is essential for providing high quality services to users. This paper …

This paper reports a case study about lessons learned and usability issues encountered in a
usability inspection of a digital library system called the Networked Computer Science …

Purpose–System usability and system usefulness are interdependent properties of system
interaction, which in combination, determine system satisfaction and usage. Often …

This paper reviews how usability has been defined in the context of the digital library, what
methods have been applied and their applicability, and proposes an evaluation model and a …