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The Use and Functionality of the Environmental Data Registry: An Evaluation of User Feedback

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Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology (ICADL 2002)

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The Environmental Data Registry (EDR) is a cornerstone of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to manage and integrate environmental information for the purposes of safeguarding human health and protecting the environment. In order to gain an understanding of how the EDR can better support its intended audience, EPA hosted a user conference in January 2002. We developed and distributed a questionnaire to the conference attendees, and gathered their input regarding the use and functionality of the EDR. Nineteen of the fifty attendees provided feedback on EDR services and products, and efficiency of information retrieval. Survey results identified difficulties these participants encountered while searching for information, as well as the utility of the information they retrieved. Participants also provided suggestions for existing and additional services. This paper is a first of its kind assessment of the use and functionality of an active metadata registry system based on the views of its users.

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  1. Department of Information Science, The Internet Studies Research Group City University, EC1V 0HB, London, UK

    Panayiota Polydoratou & David Nicholas

  2. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mail Code 2822-T, 20460, Washington, DC

    Michael Pendleton

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  1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Ee- Peng Lim , Schubert Foo  & Chris Khoo ,  & 

  2. University of Arizona, USA

    Hsinchun Chen

  3. Virginia Tech, USA

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  4. University of Mysore, Mysore

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  5. IEI-CNR, Italy

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Polydoratou, P., Pendleton, M., Nicholas, D. (2002). The Use and Functionality of the Environmental Data Registry: An Evaluation of User Feedback. In: Lim, E.P., et al. Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology. ICADL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2555. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36227-4_46

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