GRÄNSSNITTET OCH ANVÄNDARNA En undersökning av två gränssnitt mot en bibliotekskatalog.
(2006)Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- The scope of this master´s thesis is the issue of usability in relation to interface design,
in particular the interface of a university library´s online public accessed catalogue, or
OPAC. Since the OPAC can be seen as the library´s ?shop window? to the world, it is
of great importance that the interface to the OPAC can be used by patrons with
effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction.
The master´s thesis is based on a qualitative study performed at Karolinska Institutets
University library, and contains both a usability evaluation and an interview study. Two
interfaces were evaluated: a standard web interface provided by the system supplier, and
an interface developed in-house by Karolinska Institutet´s systems department. The... (More) - The scope of this master´s thesis is the issue of usability in relation to interface design,
in particular the interface of a university library´s online public accessed catalogue, or
OPAC. Since the OPAC can be seen as the library´s ?shop window? to the world, it is
of great importance that the interface to the OPAC can be used by patrons with
effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction.
The master´s thesis is based on a qualitative study performed at Karolinska Institutets
University library, and contains both a usability evaluation and an interview study. Two
interfaces were evaluated: a standard web interface provided by the system supplier, and
an interface developed in-house by Karolinska Institutet´s systems department. The two
interfaces are both connected to the same online library catalogue, thus making possible
a comparative study. (Less)
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- author
- Ohlsson, Maria
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- usability, användbarhet, användbarhetsutvärdering människadatorinteraktion, OPAC, bibliotekssystem, gränssnitt, Documentation, information, library science, archivistics, Arkiv- och bibliotekskunskap, dokumentation, Informatics, systems theory, Informatik, systemteori
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1328767
- date added to LUP
- 2006-10-04 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2014-04-11 14:16:52
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