Library Trends
2000 Volume 49, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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Evaluating Digital Libraries for Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Education: A Case Study of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT)
Christine L. Borgman, Anne J. Gilliland-Swetland, Gregory H. Leazer, Richard Mayer, David Gwynn, Rich Gazan & Patricia Mautone
Discusses the research design for an educational evaluation of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT), a digital library of geo-referenced information resources. Reviews the deployment of... More
pp. 228-50
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Unobtrusive Data Analysis of Digital Reference Questions and Service at the Internet Public Library: An Exploratory Study
David S. Carter & Joseph Janes
Presents results of an exploratory study attempting to establish a methodology for the unobtrusive analysis of a digital reference enterprise. Logs of over 3,000 questions asked of the Internet... More
pp. 251-65
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Digital Libraries and Their Challenges
Daniel Greenstein
This article derives from a review of key challenges confronted by libraries that are actively investing in online collections and services. Conducted in the first instance to help refine... More
pp. 290-303
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Evaluating Digital Libraries: A Longitudinal and Multifaceted View
Gary Marchionini
The Perseus Digital Library (PDL), under continuous development since 1987, is one of the primary digital resources for the humanities. A summary of the PDL genesis and current status is given and ... More
pp. 304-33
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Current Opportunities for the Effective Meta-Assessment of Online Reference Services
Thomas A. Peters
Suggests that current conditions are nearly ideal for the effective meta-assessment of online reference services (ORS), in part because expected patterns and modes of service have not yet been... More
pp. 334-49
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Digital Library Evaluation: Toward an Evolution of Concepts
Tefko Saracevic
Discusses the challenges facing digital library evaluation and suggests a conceptual framework for evaluation derived from the systems approach. A review of evaluation efforts in research and... More
pp. 350-69
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Project Ethnography: An Anthropological Approach To Assessing Digital Library Services
Michael Seadle
Suggests that in digital library services assessment, anthropology can provide the initial understanding, the intellectual basis, on which informed choices about sample population, survey design,... More
pp. 370-85