Purpose: The aim of the article is to evaluate the user interface of one hundred international publisher websites based on the innovative B2C business model. Methodology: The study is an applied survey conducted using an evaluative method. The statistical population of the study includes 100 websites of the top international publishers of scientific publications. The research instrument is a researcher-made checklist based on B2C e-commerce model indicators and inspired by Nielsen's (1993) user interface evaluation model and components, including 52 components in three sections: website appearance, content structure reinforcement, and trust and loyalty. Findings: The contact us component and the same site design in different browsers with 98% compliance, the component of having the necessary functionality and the ability to return to the first page on each page with 95% compliance, and the component of ease of font readability with 91% compliance were the most important for the statistical population among the indicators of trust and loyalty, content structure, and visual appeal, respectively. 83% of the statistical population did not use non-text-sound symbols, and in 75% of the statistical population, there was no possibility of surveying sales works. 69% of the statistical population did not have a sales portal or bookstore representative, and the statistical population had the weakest performance in these three indicators among the indicators of visual appeal, trust and loyalty, and strengthening the structure (content), respectively. Conclusion: The None of the top 100 international scientific publication websites fully accommodates the needs of disabled or handicapped audiences, which is a fundamental flaw in the user interface design accessibility index. To address this weakness, it is suggested that the websites studied adhere to the WCAG standard principles. |
Background and Aim: The present investigation intends to compare and review various user interfaces from user standpoint and to ascertain its linkage with user satisfaction.
Method: The research incorporated a descriptive survey of University of Tehran graduate student body. Using a targeted sampling, graduate students from the faculties of chemistry and Biology were selected. The instruments used were: A researcher-constructed questionnaire based on Nielsen’s 10 component model; and QUIS user satisfaction questionnaire. Each database UI were evaluated based on five indicators of general features, search features, retrieval features, display features and user-friendliness.
Results: Findings indicated that with an average of 3.88 the Elsevier database had the highest score. Users surveyed believed that the quality of user interface was in better shape than other UI. One should note that this advantage is not indicative of overall database quality and the relatively better interaction on the part of users could be ascribed to their familiarity with the said database and its resource location process.
Conclusion: The main purpose of designing and developing a database is to accruing user satisfaction in search and retrieval process. Hence User satisfaction directly connected to user interface
Background and Aim: The main objective of the research is to determine the understanding level of the students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in the terms used in user interface of SIMAD library software.
Methods: The study is an applied research with survey descriptive method. Research population was Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, including 24346 students of whom 164 were selected as sample. Data was collected through questionnaire and SPSS software was used as an instrument for the analysis of the data obtained.
Results: The results indicated that the user's level of understanding of terms used in the user interface is not desirable in objective method (23 words investigated). However, regarding subjective method (the items of the Likert scale) the level of understanding is acceptable. Furthermore, the grammar and the length of the phrases used in the user interface do not result in better understanding of the Terms. Finally, there is not a significant difference between students' understanding level of Terms and students' educational level and field of study in both objective and subjective methods.
Conclusion: To design an appropriate user interface for information retrieval systems, the needs and level of comprehension related to the users must be taken into consideration. However, in other to increase the users’ ability in making use of library software, educating the users appears to be of cardinal importance.
Purpose: Digital library user interfaces has a determining role in desirable performance of this kind of libraries. Digital Library service providers to the blind and deaf users will have their best performance when the users (deaf and blind users) could have a proper interaction with them. This study aims to evaluate and analyze the criteria related to user interface in digital libraries service provider to the blind and deaf users in the world.
Methodology: This is an applied and evaluative study. This study has been used library research method for extracting criteria and descriptive survey method for everything from evaluating library. A checklist consist of 13 criteria (Screen capabilities, Ability of organizing the screen, Search facilities, Links, Visual symbols and images, Options for customizing the texts, Help services and Tips, Error message alert, Interaction and feedback facilities, user interface Language, User controls, Library resources in various format, Study facilities of retrieved resources from the library) and 109 component is prepared. Then have been finalized by using the Delphi method and completed for each Library. 12 digital library service providers to blind and deaf user in the world perform the population.
Finding: Results of the study showed that the criteria of '' user interface language '' (with 97.92 %) and the criteria of '' user control'' (with 9.67 %) reached the highest and lowest scores respectively. Among the 12 digital libraries investigated worldwide, "Digital library for the blind" with respect 63.53 reached the maximum and "U.S. National Library Service for Blind" with respect 37.62 grasped the minimum levels.
Internet address | Name of the library |
http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/ | National library of Australia (Digital collection) |
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html | Ntional library of America |
http://gallica.bnf.fr/?&lang=EN | National library of France(Digital library) |
https://www.ehelvetica.nb.admin.ch/pages/main.jsf | National library of swiss(Digital collection) |
http://ndha-iki.natlib.govt.nz/ndha/pages/Bugs | Newzeland national digital herittage archive |
http://www.polona.pl/dlibra?action=ChangeLanguageAction&language=en | National digital library of Poland |
http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/homepage | Naional library of netherland |
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/ | National Diet Library (digital library of japan) |
http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/ | Indian national digital library in engineering science and technology |
http://www.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/opencms/en/main/bdi/index.html | Italian Digital ibrary |
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