A user-centred approach to the evaluation of Subject Based Information Gateways: case study SOSIG

There has been a massive increase in the amount of information available to people as a result of the Internet and information seekers are expected to be in the position to identify and evaluate this information according to their needs. As a response to this, Subject Based Information Gateways have...

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Published inAslib proceedings Vol. 52; no. 6; pp. 218 - 231
Main Authors Monopoli, Maria, Nicholas, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London MCB UP Ltd 01.06.2000
ASLIB
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
Access to information
Design
Designers
Electronic periodicals
Information sources
Information systems
Internet resources
Libraries
Science
Social sciences
SOSIG
Virtual library concept
Computer networks
Internet
Academic staff
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Summary:There has been a massive increase in the amount of information available to people as a result of the Internet and information seekers are expected to be in the position to identify and evaluate this information according to their needs. As a response to this, Subject Based Information Gateways have been introduced providing people with an organised collection of digital information. An evaluation of the Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG), conducted by an online questionnaire, examines such issues as who the SOSIG users are, how frequently they use the service and what their reasons for using the service are.
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ISSN:0001-253X
2050-3806
1758-3748
DOI:10.1108/EUM0000000007016