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Reference Service Evaluation At An African Academic Library: The User Perspective, Lili Luo, Viscount Buer
Reference Service Evaluation At An African Academic Library: The User Perspective, Lili Luo, Viscount Buer
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Purpose – This paper aims to provide a detailed discussion of a large-scale library reference evaluation study conducted at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in Ghana. The study seeks to evaluate the reference service from the user perspective, focusing on how users use and perceive the service. Design/methodology/approach – Self-administered survey was used as the data collection instrument. One thousand questionnaires were distributed to library users in a three-week period, and the response rate was 63.7 per cent. Findings – The reference service had a high non-use rate of 42.6 per cent, which was primarily attributed to library users’ …
Usability Of The Digital Library: An Evaluation Model, Judy Jeng
Usability Of The Digital Library: An Evaluation Model, Judy Jeng
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Summary report from the 2004 ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient
Collaboration, Anita Coleman
Collaboration, Anita Coleman
Faculty Publications
This is a presentation (15) slides at the 2005 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Charlotte, N.C. on October 31, session on Collaboration in Digital Libraries: Luminous Ideas from Health Informatics, Academic Libraries, and Historical Archives
Information Technology, Cognition, And Communication, Anita Coleman
Information Technology, Cognition, And Communication, Anita Coleman
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This is a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation of about 27 slides used in conjunction with a talk at UCI-CRITO on 18 May 2005, and the research reported is from a previously published study of mine. Information technology is varied and human use and impact can be examined at different levels. I report on a study that examines the ubiquitous hyperlinks as instruments of cognition in e-learning.