Issues in Building Virtual Libraries

Download or read book Issues in Building Virtual Libraries written by Andrew Goodchild and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "This report provides a framework that defines the characteristics of a usable virtual library. The framework was built because there is a lack of consideration of cognitive engineering issues in existing resource discovery research. When the framework was applied to existing virtual libraries it was found that the majority of them failed to meet all of the usability criteria. As a result there is much space for improvement in the development of virtual libraries. The results contained in this report provides useful food for thought for any practitioner setting out to build a resource discovery tool."