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Digital Library Evaluation as Participative Inquiry

Bishop, Ann Peterson; Bruce, Bertram C.

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Title
Digital Library Evaluation as Participative Inquiry
Author(s)
  • Bishop, Ann Peterson
  • Bruce, Bertram C.
Issue Date
2002
Keyword(s)
  • Participatory inquiry
  • Digital libraries
  • Evaluation
Abstract
What particular issues arise in digital library research when intended users are on the wrong side of socioeconomic, information, and digital divides? How can digital library evaluation account more fully for the practices and consequences of use for marginalized members of society, such as the poor and people of color? The evaluation of information technology, generally, is too often characterized by features that are especially detrimental to those outside the social mainstream: it relies on external standards of expertise; treats users as subjects or objects of the evaluation; and pays only indirect attention to social outcomes associated with both evaluation practices and digital library use.
Publisher
DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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