Assessing the Quality of Academic Libraries on the Web: The Development and Testing of Criteria.

Chao, Hungyune

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ERIC Number: EJ661384

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Publication Date: 2002

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Assessing the Quality of Academic Libraries on the Web: The Development and Testing of Criteria.

Chao, Hungyune

Library & Information Science Research, v24 n2 p169-94 2002

This study develops and tests an instrument useful for evaluating the quality of academic library Web sites. Discusses criteria for print materials and human-computer interfaces; user-based perspectives; the use of factor analysis; a survey of library experts; testing reliability through analysis of variance; and regression models. (Contains 53 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Analysis of Variance, Computer Interfaces, Evaluation Criteria, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Printed Materials, Regression (Statistics), Surveys, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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