Evaluation of digital libraries

  • Authors:

  • Norbert Fuhr;Giannis Tsakonas;Trond Aalberg;Maristella Agosti;Preben Hansen;Sarantos Kapidakis;Claus-Peter Klas;László Kovács;Monica Landoni;András Micsik;Christos Papatheodorou;Carol Peters;Ingeborg Sølvberg

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany;Ionian University, Department of Archive and Library Sciences, Corfu, Greece;Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;University of Padua, Padova, Italy;Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista, Sweden;Ionian University, Department of Archive and Library Sciences, Corfu, Greece;University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany;Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), Budapest, Hungary;University of Strathclyde, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Glasgow, UK;Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), Budapest, Hungary;Ionian University, Department of Archive and Library Sciences, Corfu, Greece;CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy;Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and Ionian University, Department of Archive and Library Sciences, Corfu, Greece

  • Venue:
  • International Journal on Digital Libraries
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Digital libraries (DLs) are new and innovative information systems, under constant development and change, and therefore evaluation is of critical importance to ensure not only their correct evolution but also their acceptance by the user and application communities. The Evaluation activity of the DELOS Network of Excellence has performed a large-scale survey of current DL evaluation activities. This study has resulted in a description of the state of the art in the field, which is presented in this paper. The paper also proposes a new framework for the evaluation of DLs, as well as for recording, describing and analyzing the related research field. The framework includes a methodology for the classification of current evaluation procedures. The objective is to provide a set of flexible and adaptable guidelines for DL evaluation.