Evaluating hypermedia and learning: methods and results from the Perseus Project
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Alexandria digital library: user evaluation studies and system design
Journal of the American Society for Information Science - digital libraries: Part 1
Evaluating the use of a geographic digital library in undergraduate classrooms: ADEPT
DL '00 Proceedings of the fifth ACM conference on Digital libraries
From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure: access to information in the networked world
Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
Community design of DLESE's collections review policy: a technological frames analysis
Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation
Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation
Impact of digital archival collections on historical research
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
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We report on the first two years of a five-year project to design and evaluate the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT), a digital library of geo-referenced information resources, for use in undergraduate education. To date, we have established design principles, observed classroom activities, gathered baseline data from instructors and students, and evaluated early prototypes. While students and instructors are generally enthusiastic about ADEPT, they have concerns about the effort required and the effectiveness of computer-based technologies in the classroom. Instructors vary widely in their use of instructional materials and technologies, teaching styles, and areas of expertise. Results of our work are being incorporated in an iterative cycle of design and evaluation. The paper concludes by presenting research and evaluation methods, design principles, and requirements for educational applications of digital libraries.