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Impact-ED - A New Model of Digital Library Impact Evaluation

Madle, G; Kostkova, P; Roudsari, A; (2008) Impact-ED - A New Model of Digital Library Impact Evaluation. In: ChristensenDalsgaard, B and Castelli, D and Jurik, BA and Lippincott, J, (eds.) International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries ECDL 2008: Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. (pp. pp. 100-105). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg: Aarhus, Denmark. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper presents Impact-ED, a new model for digital library impact evaluation. The model draws on assumptions from the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Sense-Making Model. The paper discusses the current shortfalls of digital library impact evaluation and presents an alternative. Knowledge and attitude are put forward as potential measures of impact and different methods are triangulated and data linked to provide a comprehensive picture of the impact of the library at the time of use. The model shows how the digital library is being used to benefit users in their work, how it is changing their knowledge and attitudes and how the information found is used in real-time in the real world. It is being tested in the healthcare domain on the National Resource for Infection Control (www.nric.org.uk) but is expected to be transferable to other domains as further work will prove.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Impact-ED - A New Model of Digital Library Impact Evaluation
Event: 12th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Location: Aarhus, DENMARK
Dates: 14 September 2008 - 19 September 2008
ISBN-13: 978-3-540-87598-7
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87599-4_11
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87599-4_11
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Digital Library Evaluation, Sense-making, Knowledge and Attitudes, Impact Evaluation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084376
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