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Building an Online Environment for Usefulness Evaluation

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (TPDL 2013)

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In this paper we present a methodological framework for usefulness evaluation of digital libraries and information services that has been tested successfully in two case studies before developing a corresponding tool that may be used for further investigations. The tool is based on a combination of a knowledge base with exploitable and modifiable questions and an open source tool for online-questionnaires.

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  1. Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève, 7 route de Drize, CH-1227, Carouge, Switzerland

    Jasmin Hügi & René Schneider

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  1. Jasmin Hügi
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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Trond Aalberg

  2. Department of Archives and Library Science, Ionian University, 49100, Corfu, Greece

    Christos Papatheodorou

  3. Department of Library Information and Archive Sciences, University of Malta, MSD2280, Msida, Malta

    Milena Dobreva

  4. Library and Information Center, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece

    Giannis Tsakonas

  5. National Archives of Malta, RBT1043, Rabat, Malta

    Charles J. Farrugia

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Hügi, J., Schneider, R. (2013). Building an Online Environment for Usefulness Evaluation. In: Aalberg, T., Papatheodorou, C., Dobreva, M., Tsakonas, G., Farrugia, C.J. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. TPDL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8092. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40501-3_38

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