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The evaluation of New Zealand academic library OPACs: a checklist approach

The Electronic Library · 2009 · 18 citations · 10 references

Concepts

ArchitectureComputer ScienceInformation SystemsUser Experience DesignElectronic Document ManagementCatalogue UsabilityLibrary CatalogsUser Access Interfaces

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usability features of online public access catalogues (OPACs) in New Zealand academic libraries. It also makes a comparison of how libraries using the same library software are customizing their interfaces to make them useful to their users.

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