Hind Alghanem
ABSTRACT
This study aims to assess the usability of the Saudi Digital Library from the perspective of Saudi scholarship students. To this end, it uses a global tool for measuring the usability of computer application interfaces, namely the Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI). It includes five criteria for measuring usability from the user's perspective: effect, efficiency, learnability, helpfulness and control. In general, the participating Saudi scholarship students were neutral about the level of usability in the Saudi Digital Library interface, there was a good level of satisfaction among them, also, there a positive relationship between the usability criteria of the interface of the Saudi Digital Library and user satisfaction. Gender played a role in the, statistical differences in the responses of the participants about the usability of the Saudi Digital Library interface based on in these criteria; these differences were in favor of the male sample. There were also statistical differences in the responses of the participants due to differences in Internet skills, these differences were in favor of participants who had Internet skills.
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