Understanding information seeking in digital libraries: antecedents and consequences

Abstract

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Usability Evaluation of E-Dunhuang Cultural Heritage Digital Library

“…Usability of a digital resource refers to the following: 1) how the resource supports the user's needs (Matusiak, 2012); 2) how easy the user perceives the resource is to use, the quality of the user experience (Kelly, 2014); and 3) how useful the resource is to the information needs of the user (Dalkıran et al, 2014;Zha et al, 2015). How well the user perceives the resource to meet the user's needs and evaluation of the usability of a digital library can be conceived as an interplay of four components: users, task, tool, and environment (Jeng, 2009).…”

Rekonstruksi Peran Perpustakaan dan Intervensi Pustakawan kepada Pemustaka

“…Kebutuhan informasi mengharuskan mahasiswa berinovasi mencari dan menemukan informasi yang relevan dengan kebutuhannya guna menyelesaikan masalahnya (Jamaluddin & Tommeng, 2021). Sejalan dengan pernyataan Jamaluddin dan Tommeng, Zha dkk yang mengutip Marchionini (1995) menyatakan: "ketika individu mengalami kesenjangan kognitif yang mencegah mereka memahami situasi tertentu, mereka akan berusaha mencari informasi untuk mengubah keadaan pengetahuan mereka dan memenuhi kebutuhan informasi mereka" (Zha, Wang, Yan, Zhang, & Zha, 2015).…”

Understanding extended information seeking

“…Prior studies examined information seeking in the context of digital libraries. Zha et al (2015) explored the antecedents and consequences of information seeking in digital libraries. The results show that flow experience has the largest effect on information seeking.…”