{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1993709386","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520610716153","title":"Usability and impact of digital libraries: a review","display_name":"Usability and impact of digital libraries: a review","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1993709386","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520610716153","mag":"1993709386"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/14684520610716153","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520610716153","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S931548824","display_name":"Online Information Review","issn_l":"1468-4527","issn":["1468-4527","1468-4535"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Online Information Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"review","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109830930","display_name":"Sudatta Chowdhury","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I181647926","display_name":"University of Strathclyde","ror":"https://ror.org/00n3w3b69","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sudatta Chowdhury","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK","Dept of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058703264","display_name":"Monica Landoni","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1414-6329"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I181647926","display_name":"University of Strathclyde","ror":"https://ror.org/00n3w3b69","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3130035786","display_name":"University Ucinf","ror":"https://ror.org/02cs9pv18","country_code":"CL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3130035786"]}],"countries":["CL","GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Monica Landoni","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK","Computer And Information Sciences"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer And Information Sciences","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3130035786"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080870744","display_name":"Forbes Gibb","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I181647926","display_name":"University of Strathclyde","ror":"https://ror.org/00n3w3b69","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3130035786","display_name":"University Ucinf","ror":"https://ror.org/02cs9pv18","country_code":"CL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3130035786"]}],"countries":["CL","GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Forbes Gibb","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK","Computer And Information Sciences"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer And Information Sciences","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3130035786"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":11.7168,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":87,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97904398,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"30","issue":"6","first_page":"656","last_page":"680"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.9891999959945679,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.9891999959945679,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10203","display_name":"Recommender Systems and Techniques","score":0.984000027179718,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12607","display_name":"Personal Information Management and User Behavior","score":0.9785000085830688,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability","display_name":"Usability","score":0.9422847032546997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6998172402381897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability-engineering","display_name":"Usability engineering","score":0.6928404569625854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-usability","display_name":"Web usability","score":0.6268585920333862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-walkthrough","display_name":"Cognitive walkthrough","score":0.5750113129615784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digital-library","display_name":"Digital library","score":0.565253734588623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/system-usability-scale","display_name":"System usability scale","score":0.5185283422470093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability-goals","display_name":"Usability goals","score":0.5016834735870361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability-lab","display_name":"Usability lab","score":0.4935194253921509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.4803082346916199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability-inspection","display_name":"Usability inspection","score":0.4717220664024353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heuristic-evaluation","display_name":"Heuristic evaluation","score":0.41698652505874634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.390358030796051}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170130773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216378","display_name":"Usability","level":2,"score":0.9422847032546997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6998172402381897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100302975","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1642623","display_name":"Usability engineering","level":3,"score":0.6928404569625854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4237393","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1636686","display_name":"Web usability","level":3,"score":0.6268585920333862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87105883","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107002","display_name":"Cognitive walkthrough","level":4,"score":0.5750113129615784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C513874922","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212805","display_name":"Digital library","level":3,"score":0.565253734588623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139225968","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17146354","display_name":"System usability scale","level":4,"score":0.5185283422470093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62993174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2928808","display_name":"Usability goals","level":4,"score":0.5016834735870361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11324603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2502322","display_name":"Usability lab","level":4,"score":0.4935194253921509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.4803082346916199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23456302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7901668","display_name":"Usability inspection","level":4,"score":0.4717220664024353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3255780","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1616517","display_name":"Heuristic evaluation","level":3,"score":0.41698652505874634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.390358030796051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164913051","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482","display_name":"Poetry","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/14684520610716153","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520610716153","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S931548824","display_name":"Online Information Review","issn_l":"1468-4527","issn":["1468-4527","1468-4535"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Online Information Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:opus.lib.uts.edu.au:10453/15205","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10453/15205","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401357","display_name":"UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I114017466","host_organization_name":"University of Technology Sydney","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:strathprints.strath.ac.uk:2379","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/2379/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402226","display_name":"Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I181647926","host_organization_name":"University of Strathclyde","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I181647926"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"PeerReviewed"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6000000238418579,"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":108,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W30587056","https://openalex.org/W50782196","https://openalex.org/W59725783","https://openalex.org/W68355519","https://openalex.org/W76933650","https://openalex.org/W117522592","https://openalex.org/W118196365","https://openalex.org/W121536705","https://openalex.org/W135587640","https://openalex.org/W137215653","https://openalex.org/W184839857","https://openalex.org/W297846756","https://openalex.org/W318816052","https://openalex.org/W411542738","https://openalex.org/W591391653","https://openalex.org/W763966847","https://openalex.org/W849948611","https://openalex.org/W1490126382","https://openalex.org/W1494650460","https://openalex.org/W1496987200","https://openalex.org/W1500117362","https://openalex.org/W1507071149","https://openalex.org/W1517472718","https://openalex.org/W1520464036","https://openalex.org/W1535001461","https://openalex.org/W1536456748","https://openalex.org/W1539033011","https://openalex.org/W1550206324","https://openalex.org/W1567619675","https://openalex.org/W1568825374","https://openalex.org/W1582022184","https://openalex.org/W1582340466","https://openalex.org/W1593440431","https://openalex.org/W1596421351","https://openalex.org/W1802760973","https://openalex.org/W1968001853","https://openalex.org/W1968252944","https://openalex.org/W1968674690","https://openalex.org/W1979055255","https://openalex.org/W1980607706","https://openalex.org/W1980914156","https://openalex.org/W1984172534","https://openalex.org/W1991556608","https://openalex.org/W1993191792","https://openalex.org/W1995945562","https://openalex.org/W1996031550","https://openalex.org/W1996072469","https://openalex.org/W1996517655","https://openalex.org/W2007350606","https://openalex.org/W2008019174","https://openalex.org/W2010210047","https://openalex.org/W2020248946","https://openalex.org/W2023702444","https://openalex.org/W2024398992","https://openalex.org/W2026484289","https://openalex.org/W2032868370","https://openalex.org/W2040522713","https://openalex.org/W2049864245","https://openalex.org/W2062251990","https://openalex.org/W2067502478","https://openalex.org/W2073983371","https://openalex.org/W2086151996","https://openalex.org/W2089575223","https://openalex.org/W2092173718","https://openalex.org/W2099763687","https://openalex.org/W2099855552","https://openalex.org/W2104656326","https://openalex.org/W2104961018","https://openalex.org/W2114983016","https://openalex.org/W2115945258","https://openalex.org/W2116347995","https://openalex.org/W2116567745","https://openalex.org/W2116999197","https://openalex.org/W2128714083","https://openalex.org/W2130229804","https://openalex.org/W2132498532","https://openalex.org/W2132601481","https://openalex.org/W2136649142","https://openalex.org/W2138583578","https://openalex.org/W2146712405","https://openalex.org/W2147356617","https://openalex.org/W2149748818","https://openalex.org/W2149825541","https://openalex.org/W2158246021","https://openalex.org/W2158685692","https://openalex.org/W2158757046","https://openalex.org/W2161476297","https://openalex.org/W2166006246","https://openalex.org/W2167982713","https://openalex.org/W2258664323","https://openalex.org/W2327000466","https://openalex.org/W2332825405","https://openalex.org/W2342091124","https://openalex.org/W2490414555","https://openalex.org/W2571084211","https://openalex.org/W2913629091","https://openalex.org/W2986608082","https://openalex.org/W3023580939","https://openalex.org/W4211084959","https://openalex.org/W4231411676","https://openalex.org/W4236212077","https://openalex.org/W4300831780","https://openalex.org/W4404769997","https://openalex.org/W6603148303","https://openalex.org/W6611185169","https://openalex.org/W6632088916","https://openalex.org/W6674588165","https://openalex.org/W6701634693"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W110518437","https://openalex.org/W4285229023","https://openalex.org/W4283693611","https://openalex.org/W1579994910","https://openalex.org/W2215100485","https://openalex.org/W4249900088","https://openalex.org/W4230862284","https://openalex.org/W4379745096","https://openalex.org/W2075732570","https://openalex.org/W4289866031"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"The":[1,59],"main":[2],"objective":[3],"of":[4,16,26,38,70,84,98,145,153,186],"this":[5,64,163],"paper":[6,65,164,172],"is":[7,29],"to":[8,49,75,80,122,150,181],"review":[9],"work":[10],"on":[11,21,33,159,166],"the":[12,22,34,81,143,151,160,176,182],"usability":[13,23,35,54,60,99,155,167,183],"and":[14,24,36,52,55,91,109,127,148,156,168,184],"impact":[15,25,37,56,158,185],"digital":[17,27,39,85,133,187],"libraries.":[18,188],"Design/methodology/approach":[19],"Work":[20],"libraries":[28,40,114],"reviewed.":[30],"Specific":[31],"studies":[32,61],"in":[41,47,63,179],"specific":[42,53],"domains":[43],"are":[44,95],"also":[45],"discussed":[46],"order":[48],"identify":[50],"general":[51],"measures.":[57],"Findings":[58],"reviewed":[62],"show":[66],"that":[67],"a":[68,96,132],"number":[69,97],"approaches":[71],"have":[72,138],"been":[73],"used":[74],"assess":[76],"usability.":[77],"In":[78],"addition":[79],"technical":[82],"aspects":[83],"library":[86,134],"design":[87,147],"(e.g.":[88],"architecture,":[89],"interfaces":[90],"search":[92],"tools),":[93],"there":[94],"issues":[100],"such":[101],"as":[102],"globalisation,":[103],"localisation,":[104],"language,":[105],"culture":[106],"issues,":[107],"content":[108],"human":[110],"information":[111],"behaviour.":[112],"Digital":[113],"should,":[115],"however,":[116],"be":[117],"evaluated":[118],"primarily":[119],"with":[120],"respect":[121],"their":[123],"target":[124,161],"users,":[125,162],"applications":[126],"contexts.":[128],"Research":[129],"limitations/implications":[130],"Although":[131],"evaluation":[135,144,152],"study":[136],"may":[137],"several":[139],"objectives,":[140],"ranging":[141],"from":[142],"its":[146,154,157],"architecture":[149],"focuses":[165],"impact.":[169],"Originality/value":[170],"This":[171],"provides":[173],"insights":[174],"into":[175],"state\u2010of\u2010the":[177],"art":[178],"relation":[180]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}