The list below is the bibliography for my project. I extract the sentences or paragraphs from the articles and think about how I will use in my final paper. The italic words in the brackets are the notes for sections or places in which I am planning to put the paragraphs or sentences as the reference.
Borgman, C. L.,
presentations/DELOSWorkshop4OnEvalreport.pdf
Digital libraries may be seen as new forms of information institutions, multimedia information retrieval systems, or information systems that support the creation, use, and searching of digital content (Borgman 2002). (Definition of Digital Library; Literature Rview)
Borgman, C. L., (2000). From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World.
In Borgman et al., 1996, the scope of digital library was broadened to encompass two complementary ideas:
- Digital libraries are a set of electronic resources and associated technical capabilities for creating, searching and using information.
- Digital libraries are constructed, collected and organized, by (and for) a community of users and their functional capabilities support the information needs and uses of that community. In this sense they are an extension, enhancement and integration of a variety of information institutions as physical places where resources are selected, collected, organized, preserved and accessed in support of a user community. These information institutions include, among others, libraries, museums, archives and schools, but digital libraries also extend and serve other community settings, including classrooms, offices, laboratories, homes and public spaces.
The above definition in Borgman et al., 1996 is the most complete one I have been ever seen which extends the scope of digital libraries in several directions, reflecting the contributions of scholars from a dozen disciplines. It moves beyond information retrieval to include the full life cycle of creating, searching and using information. Rather than simply collecting content on behalf of user communities, it embeds digital libraries in the activities of those communities and it encompasses information-related activities of multiple information institutions. And the most important is that the definition point out that museums are also included in the information institutions proving the digital library as an extension, enhancement and integration of themselves. (Definition of Digital Library; Literature Rview)
Jeng, J. H. (2006). Usability of the digital library: An evaluation model. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Rutgers, The State
· Methodology (Model, criteria, & instruments)
· Definition of digital library (Literature Review)
· The “Future Research” section suggests there should more study focusing on cultural variables. (Motivation)
· To verify the generalization of Jeng’s model (Motivation). Trying to find our more variables affecting user experiences, new findings, and new model for Museum website.
· Synthesis of previous findings is also considered in her design of instruments.
Gorman, G.E. & P. Clayton, Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook (2nd Ed.)
Huberman, A.M. & M.B. Miles (ed.), The Qualitative Researcher’s Companion
Saracevic, T. (2000). Digital library evaluation: Toward an evolution of concepts. Library Trends, 49 (2), 350-69.
Tefko Saracevic (2000) analyzed and then isolated some 80 evaluation studies and suggested an evaluation must involve selection and decisions related to:
1. Construct that was evaluated
2. Context in which evaluation was conducted
3. Criteria that were chosen as a basis for evaluation
4. Measures reflecting selected criteria to record the performance
5. Methodologies that were used
A clear specification on each of these is a requirement for any evaluation of digital libraries (Saracevic, 2000). Therefore, this project follows the lines of these five aspects as the conceptual framework for evaluation. (Conceptual Framework)
Saracevic, T. (2004). Evaluation of digital libraries: An overview. Retrieved Oct.23, 2006, from http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~tefko/DL_evaluatio
n_Delos.pdf
Glaringly missing from this list are evaluations of operational digital libraries in institutions, i.e. as instituted in academic libraries, museums, national libraries, public libraries and the like. Considerable amounts of statistics are being collected about these libraries, but as yet they have not been a subject of evaluation. As to evaluation, institutional digital libraries are a terra incognita. Yet, there are thousands of them. (Definition; Motivation)
Silverman D. (ed.), Interpreting Qualitative Data (3rd Ed.)
