Exploring the usability of the central library websites of medical sciences universities

被引：7

作者：

Okhovati, Maryam ^{[1
]}

Karami, Fatemeh ^{[2
]}

Khajouei, Reza ^{[3
,4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Kerman Univ Med Sci, Med Informat & Management Sch, Kerman, Iran

[2] Kerman Univ Med Sci, Med Lib & Informat Sci LIS, Kerman, Iran

[3] Kerman Univ Med Sci, Fac Management & Med Informat Sci, Med Informat, Kerman, Iran

[4] Kerman Univ Med Sci, Fac Management & Med Informat Sci, Med Informat Res Ctr, Inst Future Studies Hlth, Kerman, Iran

[5] Kerman Univ Med Sci, Fac Management & Med Informat Sci, Hlth Informat Technol, Kerman, Iran

来源：

JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE | 2017年 / 49卷 / 03期

关键词：

Academic library website; heuristic evaluation; usability; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; IMPROVE;

D O I：

10.1177/0961000616650932

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

This research aims to determine the usability of the central library websites of medical sciences universities in Iran. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study which employed a heuristic evaluation method to evaluate the usability of the websites. Three trained evaluators independently examined the 12 library websites from 11 July to 10 September 2013 using Nielsen's usability heuristics. A list of usability problems was obtained and the severity of identified problems was determined. We identified 668 usability problems. The highest number of problems concerned aesthetic and minimalist design' (27.1%) and the lowest number concerned the help and documentation' heuristic (1%). Since the importance of libraries' websites cannot be understated, the websites should consider the identified problems and attempt to address them.

引用

页码：246 / 255

页数：10

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