The impact of usability of online library catalogues on the user performance

Alhadreti, Obead, Alroobaea, Roobaea, Wnuk, Kamil and Mayhew, Pam J. (2014) The impact of usability of online library catalogues on the user performance. In: ICISA 2014 - 2014 5th International Conference on Information Science and Applications. International Conference on Information Science and Applications . The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), KOR. ISBN 978-1-4799-4443-9

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Abstract

The rapid evolution of Information Technologies (IT), especially with the coming of the Internet, has existed online library catalogues which have a vital part to play in Educational life. The online library is a type of information retrieval system. It is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats. These formats may be stored locally or entered remotely via computer networks. To assess the success of online library catalogues; usability criteria should be considered to ensure that users can find their way quickly and easily to e-resources. This paper aims to use thinking aloud protocol to evaluate two distinct interfaces of library catalogues to examine how their usability problems significantly impede user performance. The results show that the usability is the main factor affecting users' performance, and it is the best attribute to measure the extent to which the online library catalogues meets the requirements of their users. © 2014 IEEE.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	concurrent thinking-aloud method,ergonomic quality,online libraries catalogue,usability attribute
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences Faculty of Science
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Data Science and Statistics Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Smart Emerging Technologies
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2016 11:00
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 23:51
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57050
DOI:	10.1109/ICISA.2014.6847471

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