TY - JOUR
T1 - User perceptions of online public library catalogues
AU - Kani-Zabihi, Elahe
AU - Ghinea, Gheorghita
AU - Chen, Sherry Y.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Online Public Library Catalogues (OPACs) are widely used electronic library catalogues giving a wealth of remote access to library information resources. Users should be involved early in the OPAC development cycle process in order to ensure a usable and functional interface, as the integration of user-defined requirements of OPACs, along with the other human-computer interaction considerations, offer a better understanding of user perceptions and expectations in respect of OPACs, ultimately resulting in truly user-centred OPACs. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to establish user suggestions for a typical OPAC application's functionality and features. To this end, an experiment was undertaken to find out the type of interaction features that users prefer to have in an OPAC. The study revealed that regardless of users' Information Technology (IT) backgrounds, their functionality expectations of OPACs are the same as users are expecting OPACs to facilitate easier ways to achieve their tasks. However, based on users' previous experiences with OPACs, their requirements with respect to specific features may change. Crown
AB - Online Public Library Catalogues (OPACs) are widely used electronic library catalogues giving a wealth of remote access to library information resources. Users should be involved early in the OPAC development cycle process in order to ensure a usable and functional interface, as the integration of user-defined requirements of OPACs, along with the other human-computer interaction considerations, offer a better understanding of user perceptions and expectations in respect of OPACs, ultimately resulting in truly user-centred OPACs. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to establish user suggestions for a typical OPAC application's functionality and features. To this end, an experiment was undertaken to find out the type of interaction features that users prefer to have in an OPAC. The study revealed that regardless of users' Information Technology (IT) backgrounds, their functionality expectations of OPACs are the same as users are expecting OPACs to facilitate easier ways to achieve their tasks. However, based on users' previous experiences with OPACs, their requirements with respect to specific features may change. Crown
KW - Digital libraries
KW - Electronic library catalogue
KW - OPAC
KW - Participatory design
KW - User interfaces
KW - User study
KW - User-centred design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=54949087465&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.01.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.01.007
M3 - 期刊論文
AN - SCOPUS:54949087465
SN - 0268-4012
VL - 28
SP - 492
EP - 502
JO - International Journal of Information Management
JF - International Journal of Information Management
IS - 6
ER -