A logging scheme for comparative digital library evaluation

  • Authors:

  • Claus-Peter Klas;Hanne Albrechtsen;Norbert Fuhr;Preben Hansen;Sarantos Kapidakis;Laszlo Kovacs;Sascha Kriewel;Andras Micsik;Christos Papatheodorou;Giannis Tsakonas;Elin Jacob

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany;Institute of Knowledge Sharing, Copenhagen, Denmark;University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany;Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista, Sweden;Ionian University, Kekryra, Greece;MTA SZTAKI, Budapest, Hungary;University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany;MTA SZTAKI, Budapest, Hungary;Ionian University, Kekryra, Greece;Ionian University, Kekryra, Greece;Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington

  • Venue:
  • ECDL'06 Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Evaluation of digital libraries assesses their effectiveness, quality and overall impact. To facilitate the comparison of different evaluations and to support the re-use of evaluation data, we are proposing a new logging schema. This schema will allow for logging and sharing of a wide array of data about users, systems and their interactions. We discuss the multi-level logging framework presented in [19] and describe how the community can add to and gain from using the framework. The main focus of this paper is the logging of events within digital libraries on a generalised, conceptual level, as well as the services based on it. These services will allow diverse digital libraries to store their log data in a common repository using a common format. In addition they provide means for analysis and comparison of search history data.