Purpose and usability of digital libraries

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 digital libraries. Results stress the importance of mental models, and of “traditional”library support.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: DL
• Authors: Yin Leng Theng, Norliza Mohd-Nasir, Harold W. Thimbleby
• Keywords: Digital Libraries, Digital Library, DL 2000, Preliminary Study, Small User Studies