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Using Nielsen’s well-established Heuristic Evaluation normally used for gathering qualitative feedback, this paper describes a user study conducted on the National Library Board’s Digital Library (NLBDL) in Singapore to gather quantitative feedback on users’ perceptions regarding compliance/violation of design heuristics implemented, and draw recommendations for design refinement.
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Theng, YL., Yin, M., Ismail, N.B.A., Ahmad, N.B. (2007). Digital Library Evaluation Make Simple with Nielsen’s Design Heuristics: Design Compliance and Importance. In: Goh, D.HL., Cao, T.H., Sølvberg, I.T., Rasmussen, E. (eds) Asian Digital Libraries. Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers. ICADL 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4822. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77094-7_10
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