Usability Evaluation on Open-source Institutional Repository-building Software

doi:10.11925/infotech.1003-3513.2007.12.02

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2007, Vol. 2

Issue (12): 6-10 DOI: 10.11925/infotech.1003-3513.2007.12.02

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Usability Evaluation on Open-source Institutional Repository-building Software

Hong Mei Ma Jianxia

(Lanzhou Branch of National Science Library,CAS,Lanzhou 730000,China)

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Abstract

This paper summarizes the definition of usability,and briefly introduces some foreign cases of usability evaluation on open-source institutional repository-building software.Then the usability method is proposed to evaluate open-source software based on the purpose and significance of building institutional repository.

Key words： Usability evaluation Open-source institutional repository-building software

Received: 15 October 2007 Published: 25 December 2007

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Corresponding Authors: Hong Mei E-mail: holly0880@163.com

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Hong Mei,Ma Jianxia. Usability Evaluation on Open-source Institutional Repository-building Software. New Technology of Library and Information Service, 2007, 2(12): 6-10.

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