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Workshop C Tefko Saracevic (Rutgers U, NJ, US): How were digital libraries evaluated ? The purpose of this workshop is to provide an overview of works on digital library evaluation that included data. The workshop is a synthesis of over 80 evaluation studies that are analyzed along the lines of: 1. construct that were evaluated; 2. context in which evaluation were conducted; 3. criteria that were chosen as a basis for evaluation, and 4. methods that were used. For each of these lines of analysis approaches taken in evaluation studies are identified. Numerous criteria used as a base of evaluation are classified; and finally the methodologies used are identified, listed and discussed. Evaluation of digital libraries is not widely practiced. The corpus in this analysis represents the majority of efforts in digital library evaluation that contain data. Conclusions, among others, speculate as to the reasons for a relatively low presence of evaluation in digital library research and practice. Participants will take away ideas how to approach evaluation of their own digital libraries and how to understand evaluation approaches and problems. Two hours session |
     
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Last revised: June 12th 2005. |