All that Glitters Isn’t Gold: The Complexities of Usage Statistics as an Assessment Tool for Digital Libraries
Title
All that Glitters Isn’t Gold: The Complexities of Usage Statistics as an Assessment Tool for Digital Libraries
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Description
Digital collection assessment has focused mainly on evaluating systems, metadata and usability. While use evaluation is discussed in the literature, there are no standard criteria and methods for how to perform assessment on use effectively. This paper asserts that use statistics have complexities that prohibit meaningful interpretation and assessment. The authors aim to discover the problems inherent in the assessment of digital collection use statistics and propose solutions to address such issues.
Creator
Yang, Le; Perrin, Joy M.; Barba, Shelley; Winkler, Heidi
Date
2017
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Relation
The Electronic Library, 35(1), 185-197
Language
eng
Type
Text
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Citation
Yang, Le; Perrin, Joy M.; Barba, Shelley; Winkler, Heidi , “All that Glitters Isn’t Gold: The Complexities of Usage Statistics as an Assessment Tool for Digital Libraries,” CALASYS - CALA Academic Resources & Repository System, accessed January 15, 2025, http://ir.cala-web.org/items/show/141.