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Library Trends

2000 Volume 49, Number 2

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Table of Contents

Number of articles: 7

  1. Evaluating Digital Libraries for Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Education: A Case Study of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT)

    Christine L. Borgman, Anne J. Gilliland-Swetland, Gregory H. Leazer, Richard Mayer, David Gwynn, Rich Gazan & Patricia Mautone

    Discusses the research design for an educational evaluation of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT), a digital library of geo-referenced information resources. Reviews the deployment of... More

    pp. 228-50

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  2. Unobtrusive Data Analysis of Digital Reference Questions and Service at the Internet Public Library: An Exploratory Study

    David S. Carter & Joseph Janes

    Presents results of an exploratory study attempting to establish a methodology for the unobtrusive analysis of a digital reference enterprise. Logs of over 3,000 questions asked of the Internet... More

    pp. 251-65

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  3. Digital Libraries and Their Challenges

    Daniel Greenstein

    This article derives from a review of key challenges confronted by libraries that are actively investing in online collections and services. Conducted in the first instance to help refine... More

    pp. 290-303

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  4. Evaluating Digital Libraries: A Longitudinal and Multifaceted View

    Gary Marchionini

    The Perseus Digital Library (PDL), under continuous development since 1987, is one of the primary digital resources for the humanities. A summary of the PDL genesis and current status is given and ... More

    pp. 304-33

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  5. Current Opportunities for the Effective Meta-Assessment of Online Reference Services

    Thomas A. Peters

    Suggests that current conditions are nearly ideal for the effective meta-assessment of online reference services (ORS), in part because expected patterns and modes of service have not yet been... More

    pp. 334-49

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  6. Digital Library Evaluation: Toward an Evolution of Concepts

    Tefko Saracevic

    Discusses the challenges facing digital library evaluation and suggests a conceptual framework for evaluation derived from the systems approach. A review of evaluation efforts in research and... More

    pp. 350-69

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  7. Project Ethnography: An Anthropological Approach To Assessing Digital Library Services

    Michael Seadle

    Suggests that in digital library services assessment, anthropology can provide the initial understanding, the intellectual basis, on which informed choices about sample population, survey design,... More

    pp. 370-85

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