Digital Libraries: Situating Use in Changing Information Infrastructure.

Bishop, Ann Peterson; Neumann, Laura J.; Star, Susan Leigh; Merkel, Cecelia; Ignacio, Emily; Sandusky, Robert J.

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ERIC Number: EJ605300

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Publication Date: 2000

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Digital Libraries: Situating Use in Changing Information Infrastructure.

Bishop, Ann Peterson; Neumann, Laura J.; Star, Susan Leigh; Merkel, Cecelia; Ignacio, Emily; Sandusky, Robert J.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v51 n4 p394-413 Mar 2000

Reviews empirical studies about how digital libraries evolve for use in scientific and technical work based on the Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI) at the University of Illinois. Discusses how users meet infrastructure and document disaggregation; describes use of the DLI testbed of full text journal articles; and explains research methodology. (Contains 67 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Focus Groups, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Interviews, Journal Articles, Research Methodology, Scholarly Journals, Scientific and Technical Information, Search Strategies, Surveys, Use Studies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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