Design criteria for video digital libraries. Categories of important features emerging from users’ responses
| Date | 13 April 2015 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-10-2014-0251 |
| Pages | 214-228 |
| Published date | 13 April 2015 |
| Author | Dan Albertson,Boryung Ju |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science,Information behaviour & retrieval |
Design criteria for video
digital libraries
Categories of important features emerging
from users’responses
Dan Albertson
School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, and
Boryung Ju
School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Abstract
Purpose –The purposeof this paper is to reporton a user-centred analysis of video digitallibraries and
to present users’criteriabased on concepts emerging directlyfrom the responses of study participants.
As a time-based and multi-channeled format, video warrants considerations for information delivery
through interactive tools such as digital libraries.
Design/methodology/approach –A survey method was used to collect open-ended responses from
participants. Content analysis was performed on the responses, and categories then emerged to form
the coding scheme where simple and weighted frequencies were calculated to obtain a ranked set of
users’criteria. Cohen’sκwas 0.87, indicative of high-level of inter-coder reliability. In the end, 81
participants contributed a total of 385 open-ended responses, which were all then analysed and coded.
Findings –The emergent coding method and continuous refinements to the coding scheme ultimately
produced 28 criteria (subcategories) under four primary categories. Criteria corresponding to “retrieval
functionality”of video digital libraries emerged as the highest, or most frequently referenced, primary
category, while the “user interface”,“collection qualities”, and “user support”followed, respectively.
Research limitations/implications –The primary research contribution is a baseline for video
digital libraries that can be applicable throughout design and evaluation. Future studies can utilise
findings presented here as guidance for the initial design stages and/or for assessing systems via
targeted evaluations.
Originality/value –While users’criteria of digital libraries have been analysed from non-visual
contexts, they have not been directly assessed as they pertain to users’experiences and perceptions
with video, which is needed as the nature and structure of video can influence users and use.
Keywords Human computer interaction, User criteria, User interfaces, Video digital libraries
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
Digital libraries have been defined in numerous ways. The Digital Library Federation
defines digital libraries as “organizations that provide the resources, including the
specialized staff, to select, structure, offer intellectual access to, interpret, distribu te,
preserve the integrity of, and ensure the persistence over time of collections of digital
works so that they are readily and economically available for use by a defined
community or set of communities”(Waters, 1998). A leading group of researchers
algorithmically categorise digital libraries using their Five S framework, where each
facet of the framework –streams, structures, spaces, scenarios and societies –maps to
components of digital libraries (Gonçalves et al., 2004). Marchionini et al. (2006) describe
how digital libraries are ideally situated to unite research and practice in order to solve
Online Information Review
Vol. 39 No. 2, 2015
pp. 214-228
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1468-4527
DOI 10.1108/OIR-10-2014-0251
Received 28 October 2014
First revision approved
28 January 2015
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