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From physical to digital: A case study of computer scientists' behaviour in physical libraries

Stelmaszewska, H; Blandford, A; (2004) From physical to digital: A case study of computer scientists' behaviour in physical libraries. International Journal on Digital Libraries , 4 (2) pp. 82-92. 10.1007/s00799-003-0072-6. Green open access

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Abstract

There has been substantial research on various aspects of people's usage of physical libraries but relatively little on their interaction with individual library artefacts; that is: books, journals, and papers. We have studied people's behaviour when working in physical libraries, focusing particularly on how they interact with these artefacts, how they evaluate them, and how they interact with librarians. This study provides a better understanding of how people interact with paper information, from which we can draw implications for some requirements of the design of digital libraries, while recognising that the term 'library' is a metaphor when applied to electronic document collections. In particular, improved communication with other library users and with librarians could facilitate more rapid access to relevant information and support services, and structuring information presentation so that users can make rapid assessments of its relevance would improve the efficiency of many information searches. © Springer-Verlag 2004.

Type: Article
Title: From physical to digital: A case study of computer scientists' behaviour in physical libraries
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s00799-003-0072-6
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/15317
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