World Digital Libraries

Gobinda Chowdhury ¹, Dennis Nicholson ²

Affiliations
1 Information and Knowledge Management, University of Technology, Sydney, AU
2 Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XH, GB

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Gobinda Chowdhury ¹, David Mcmenemy ¹, Alan Poulter ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XH, GB

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The review of literature revealed that there is no uniform model or framework for evaluation of digital libraries. A generic model for evaluation of digital libraries and information services, called MEDLIS, is discussed in this paper. It proposes a generic framework for evaluation of digital libraries, which takes into account a number of pertinent issues related to a digital library service including the usage and usability issues, users' as well as service providers' perspectives, and most importantly, the business model of the concerned digital library. A multi-method evaluation strategy is proposed, which can be used for evaluation of any type of digital library.

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